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re: BusinessReport: Baton Rouge needs dramatic change to keep pace with global landscape
Posted on 9/13/17 at 8:38 am to upgrayedd
Posted on 9/13/17 at 8:38 am to upgrayedd
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Choking down a major surface street to 2 lanes is a stupid fricking idea
They've studied the route and think that a two lane road with a center turn lane wouldn't cause traffic tie ups. The bike lanes and street parking would help create a safer environment for pedestrians and reduce the need for surface parking lots and make mid city area more desirable for private investment.
This is a good plan. Other cities have done similar things and have seen positive outcomes.
If it bothers you that much, you have alternative routes.
Take Florida or North Blvd. The city has been angling to add turn lanes and widen parts of both of those streets anyways.
The only issue with that is the mayor is opting for property taxes to fund it instead of extending a sales tax for another 10 years.
This post was edited on 9/13/17 at 9:09 am
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Posted on 9/13/17 at 8:41 am to goofball
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They've studied the route and think that a two lane road with a center turn lane wouldn't cause traffic tie ups.
Hmmmm....sounds like we need another study. Just to be sure
Posted on 9/13/17 at 9:21 am to goofball
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The only issue with that is the mayor
Yep.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:40 am to goofball
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They've studied the route and think that a two lane road with a center turn lane wouldn't cause traffic tie ups
They didn't take into account increased car volumes due to Claycut being closed. They factored in taking the CATS busses off the street which has already been taken aback. It's a terrible terrible idea. It just means that everyone will be stuck behing empty CATS busses idling at empty bus stops instead of changing lanes to avoid potholes and left turners.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 11:09 am to goofball
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the mayor is opting for property taxes to fund it instead of extending a sales tax for another 10 years.
bc all her folks live in free housing - shacks that have been passed down the bloodline, so a prop tax would not affect her cronies. Sales tax obvi affects everyone. Her corruptness is so transparent.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 11:25 am to goofball
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The only issue with that is the mayor is opting for property taxes to fund it instead of extending a sales tax for another 10 years.
WRONG
The mayor is extending the sales tax AND increasing property taxes.
Furthermore, she wants roughly 540 million dollars, but only 360 million is to be spent on roads themselves.
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• $360.7 million for new roads.
• $100 million for improving corridors with signal synchronization, sidewalks and cycling paths.
• $39.7 million for road repairs, lights, landscaping and more.
• $40 million for advanced traffic management and traffic light synchronization
source
I liked the original Green Light Plan much better. It had the list of roads as this one does now, but much more of the plan was for the roads and less was to be spent on items such as bicycle paths, sidewalks, traffic synchronization, etc. which allows the politicians a lot of wiggle room to help their supporters.
Do we really need 180 million dollars worth of traffic synchronization, sidewalks and bicycle paths?
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