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re: Today's Advocate headline, "I-10 widening garners little enthusiasm"
Posted on 8/31/15 at 9:46 am to dagrippa
Posted on 8/31/15 at 9:46 am to dagrippa
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The problem is the bridge. It's not the number of lanes up to the bridge.
This.
Widening the interstate inside the city is just increasing the bottle neck.
Build a loop, another bridge, or something like that. Last thing we need is a wider interstate INSIDE the city. So, so, so stupid. It would be better to spend 5x more on a loop than $350 million on a dumb fricking project like this.
This post was edited on 8/31/15 at 9:46 am
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Posted on 8/31/15 at 9:49 am to TheCaterpillar
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Build a loop, another bridge, or something like that. Last thing we need is a wider interstate INSIDE the city. So, so, so stupid. It would be better to spend 5x more on a loop than $350 million on a dumb fricking project like this.
The problem is that stuff has to go through Ascension Parish and Livingston Parish. Those people fear change and are professional NIMBYs. They've killed loops before and will do it again. They can't see the benefits past the Parish line.
This post was edited on 8/31/15 at 9:50 am
Posted on 8/31/15 at 9:52 am to TheCaterpillar
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Widening the interstate inside the city is just increasing the bottle neck.
The fact is where I-110 and I-10 meet at the bridge is that three lanes from the North (I-110) and two lanes from the West (I-10) merge and there are only three lanes.
To account for this problem they decreased I-110 to two lanes, but I-10 still funnels down to the one lane. Four lanes from the merger point to the split heading East is just common sense.
Things aren't as bad on the East bound side, except the approach to the bridge is poorly designed which slows traffic and is dangerous for trucks. But four lanes from the I-10/I-12 split works well because there are three lanes of I-12 and two lanes of I-10 merging into three lanes at Acadian. Three lanes with No shoulders leaving you a big chokepoint if there is one accident.
Posted on 8/31/15 at 4:10 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Widening the interstate inside the city is just increasing the bottle neck.
Build a loop, another bridge, or something like that. Last thing we need is a wider interstate INSIDE the city. So, so, so stupid. It would be better to spend 5x more on a loop than $350 million on a dumb fricking project like this.
It would help A LOT. You must own a bar on Perkins.
BR needs a wider interstate from Washington Street to the split and a loop.
Posted on 8/31/15 at 11:09 pm to TheCaterpillar
Add a southern bypass from Gross Tete south to either the Sunshine bridge or a new one tieing into Nicholson near Tanger. Make it a toll road and it'll pay for itself in no time.
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