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re: Its a good thing we have that new bridge in St. Francisville...
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:10 am to dewster
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:10 am to dewster
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New Orleans is like the state’s crack head daughter. She will always need hand outs from the rest of the state, and everyone has to sit there and watch her fade away knowing that she’ll never amount to anything again.
"but the culture!" "we know how to party!" "it's the best city in the world!" "Katrina happened!"
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Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:10 am to Ace Midnight
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Honestly, what can be done about Baton Rouge? Build another bridge? Where?
Build a southern by-pass. (As part of an eventual loop.)
Yes, build a new bridge.
On the south side.
Downriver enough to save time for drivers passing through, but close enough to be a serviceable option for in-town drivers on the south side to use it to commute to the west side of the river, and for WBR (etc.) drivers to access the south side of Baton Rouge more easily.
I’d put it between Addis and Plaquemine and connect it to the I-10 around Prairieville.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:11 am to member12
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Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:19 am to cahoots
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Jefferson Parish is the largest, and it's next door to Orleans Parish
Jefferson Parish isn't the largest parish either. That would be East Baton Rouge.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:22 am to member12
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Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:24 am to LSUTigerFan247
The bridge you speak of was part of the TIMED program passed by the legislature and voted on by the people. It was paid for by a 4 cent gas tax.
"The TIMED (Transportation Infrastructure Model for Economic Development) Program was a $5.2 billion transportation infrastructure program designed to increase economic development in Louisiana by investing in transportation improvement projects. The program began in 1989 when voters approved a 4¢/gallon tax on gasoline to fund the projects designated by Act 16 of the 1989 Louisiana legislature. The TIMED program included widening over 500 miles of state highways to four lanes on 11 project corridors, widening and/or new construction on three major bridges, and improvements to both the Port of New Orleans and Louis Armstrong International Airport."
"The TIMED (Transportation Infrastructure Model for Economic Development) Program was a $5.2 billion transportation infrastructure program designed to increase economic development in Louisiana by investing in transportation improvement projects. The program began in 1989 when voters approved a 4¢/gallon tax on gasoline to fund the projects designated by Act 16 of the 1989 Louisiana legislature. The TIMED program included widening over 500 miles of state highways to four lanes on 11 project corridors, widening and/or new construction on three major bridges, and improvements to both the Port of New Orleans and Louis Armstrong International Airport."
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:25 am to SlowFlowPro
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Nola and BR get a disproportionately high amount of public money
In the case of BR, there is no way this is shown with the infrastructure.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:25 am to c on z
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Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:26 am to Jimbeaux
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Downriver enough to save time for drivers passing through, but close enough to be a serviceable option for in-town drivers on the south side to use it to commute to the west side of the river, and for WBR (etc.) drivers to access the south side of Baton Rouge more easily.
I’d put it between Addis and Plaquemine and connect it to the I-10 around Prairieville.
I don't think you can build this new bridge to alleviate congestion now. You build it to alleviate congestion in the future and help the state build redundancy into their highway network and support economic growth.
The area between Baton Rouge and New Orleans along the river is going to gain industrial jobs from employers that need deep water access, low natural gas prices, and plenty of non-union labor. The areas you outlined for a crossing make total sense in that respect as goods and workers will have to cross the river regularly.
The two crossing locations still under consideration is Plaquemine (near DOW) and Bayou Goula. Both of those would be better than nothing, but the Bayou Goula crossing would require a more expensive highway link back to I-10 on the west side while the crossing a little farther north would actually be more beneficial to Baton Rouge directly.
This post was edited on 8/30/18 at 8:33 am
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:28 am to thegambler
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The bridge you speak of was part of the TIMED program passed by the legislature and voted on by the people. It was paid for by a 4 cent gas tax.
The largest infrastructure project in the state's history, and Baton Rouge got nothing from it.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:45 am to bakersman
Not all and that includes me. Was paid next to nothing for the land they took from me along splitting the property. That, and now every morning I have to hear the dam traffic which passes about a mile behind my house.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:47 am to LSUTigerFan247
The bridge saves us more money in maintenance than a ferry and it's not even close.
Larger upfront cost>larger cost overtime
Larger upfront cost>larger cost overtime
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:53 am to Ace Midnight
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Honestly, what can be done about Baton Rouge? Build another bridge? Where?
We've needed one between Plaq & BR for about 20 years now. As always, we're behind because planning SUCKS.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:58 am to LSUTigerFan247
what about a by pass in lake charles and not B R??
Posted on 8/30/18 at 9:02 am to SlowFlowPro
*deep sigh* There’s something about this city...
Posted on 8/30/18 at 9:14 am to cahoots
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Louisiana follows an economic model that just doesn’t work. Rather than pump what little money it has into a few good schools or a few metro areas, it spreads resources thinly everywhere. And everything is behind the times
Ghosts of Huey Long "Every man a king" right there
Posted on 8/30/18 at 9:15 am to S
Could we not somehow use the Sunshine Bridge in Donaldsonville as a bypass of BR for those going to NOLA? There has to be a way to connect I-10 in West BR Parish to the Sunshine Bridge and then have a connection to I-10 East past Gonzales.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 9:31 am to LSUTigerFan247
Because it makes total sense to not have a bridge between BR and Natchez, or because it's so much easier to drop a bridge between BR and Donaldsonville?
Posted on 8/30/18 at 9:40 am to fishfighter
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There is a shite load of people that cross that bridge every morning/ evening
Haha has the count even reached 10k cars a day yet?
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Some are skeptical that the traffic volume will reach the 6,500 vehicles projected for 2020 and more than triple that to 22,960 by 2040, but economic development officials in Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana say they are optimistic about the future for a bridge that has spurred growth in those parishes.
2015 Article The Advocate about the Bridge to NOWHERE
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