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re: $35 million to widen/improve Lee Drive in Baton Rouge?
Posted on 12/9/18 at 8:25 pm to CheniereTiger108
Posted on 12/9/18 at 8:25 pm to CheniereTiger108
I know a few years back I went to a meeting an are hoa had about roads. If the roads on the green light plan did not get done by a certain time the studies would have to be redone or if there was changes like flood, etc.
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Posted on 12/9/18 at 8:30 pm to CheniereTiger108
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Are they still claiming that they’re going to widen Tiger Bend Rd?! I know they’ve been saying that for at least 2 decades n
They did widen Tiger Bend from Jefferson to just past Jones Creek.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 8:38 pm to member12
Here’s to hoping they pay top dollar for that ROW
$$$
$$$
Posted on 12/9/18 at 8:40 pm to djangochained
As long as the repaving of Hoo Shoo Too happens, I'll be happy. That's all I want.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 8:56 pm to ZIGG
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It’s absolutely asinine how a project that actually cost more like 2-3 million for labor, materials, studies, etc. somehow becomes 35 million
They have to acquire land, bury the drainage, move the utilities, and widen a bridge.
It’s not cheap.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 9:01 pm to member12
Lee Drive drainage is totally inadequate. Yes, utilities and drainage will cost big bucks
Posted on 12/9/18 at 9:07 pm to member12
Thanks for the tax revenue, but it'll probably be eaten up by EBR school pensions.
But then again I'm sure yall already knew that.
But then again I'm sure yall already knew that.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:05 pm to member12
Will end up costing 100 mil and they’ll need to come calling for more taxes
Posted on 12/10/18 at 5:49 am to member12
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Lee Drive in Baton Rouge
Doesn't affect me because I don't drive on that street. The name offends me.
I have a neighbor, who has a cousin who knows someone who had a grandfather that had a neighbor that had a friend that knew someone who knew someone that might have fought in a war that had someone with name name in a position of authority.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 6:40 am to DustyDinkleman
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I remember a time when there was virtually no traffic on that stretch of road. It was back in the 40s
My grandparents moved to a house on Hyacinth near Glasgow shortly after World War 2 when that area was in the country (and Hyacinth and Lee Drive, which ended at Whitehaven, were gravel).
He and my dad used to quail hunt in what is now parts of Southdowns, Meadow Lea, and Pollard Estates. They later moved to a house on Stephens Avenue in the early 1960's, and my dad built a house in Pollard in 1956 that he still lives in today.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 7:49 am to member12
Well last week leading up to election they had a cop holding up traffic on a state highway - Nicholson so the UClub could get out of their subdivision in the mornings all week - how is that legal?
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:04 am to nicholastiger
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Well last week leading up to election they had a cop holding up traffic on a state highway - Nicholson so the UClub could get out of their subdivision in the mornings all week - how is that legal?
Not as bad as the cop holding up traffic to let people out of Blue Bayou because they’re too lazy to park in the parking lot across the street.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:20 am to Trout Bandit
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My daily mantra is this, College Drive is for suckers
Yep. I live off Lee and I still don’t take College anywhere. I always cut through Southdowns on Hyacinth and hit Acadian.
This post was edited on 12/10/18 at 8:23 am
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:22 am to member12
buying ROW and moving utilities would be a huge chunk of that cost, not to mention it would take a long time to complete because of constant traffic delays. It would probably take 3-5 years to widen College Drive with all the utilities and traffic in the way. 
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:32 am to member12
quote:Don't do that. They did that to Hwy 73 in Prairieville, and it didn't solve shite. That's the cheap and lazy way out. If they're gonna go through the trouble of widening the road, laying down pipe and filling ditches, bridges, etc. they they need to do it the right way and 4 lane it.
Just adding a turn lane would be a huge improvement for that section.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:36 am to ZIGG
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It’s absolutely asinine how a project that actually cost more like 2-3 million for labor, materials, studies, etc. somehow becomes 35 million. frickin thieves
Tell me how widening a major road going through a neighborhood should only cost 2 to 3 million
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:44 am to RealityTiger
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Don't do that. They did that to Hwy 73 in Prairieville, and it didn't solve shite. That's the cheap and lazy way out. If they're gonna go through the trouble of widening the road, laying down pipe and filling ditches, bridges, etc. they they need to do it the right way and 4 lane it.
This x100. It took just as long to add one turning lane to the road as it would to add 3 more lanes because of all of the utilities being moved and drainage improvements. Five lane it if you're going to have to buy ROW and move the utilities. Buy enough ROW to expand later and buy out those houses close to the road and bulldoze them down.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:49 am to member12
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Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:50 am to ZIGG
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It’s absolutely asinine how a project that actually cost more like 2-3 million for labor, materials, studies, etc. somehow becomes 35 million. frickin thieves
You obviously don't know shite about road construction. A mile of road through a green pasture might not cost 2, unlike a mile of underground landmines, houses, and congested traffic. It might take over an hour to get your materials to you, something that is not good if it's concrete for example. If you cut someone's water/gas/sewer line off in the morning to work on a line, you have to have it back up before you leave. Utilities work is a nightmare and takes forever because you can only do so much at a time and you can't just rip and roar digging a trench because of all of the lines that are in service. That's not even including weather delays.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:52 am to RealityTiger
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Don't do that. They did that to Hwy 73 in Prairieville, and it didn't solve shite. That's the cheap and lazy way out. If they're gonna go through the trouble of widening the road, laying down pipe and filling ditches, bridges, etc. they they need to do it the right way and 4 lane it.
I'm curious how the I-10 widening project affects the flow of traffic down 73. Hopefully things improve
I really wish they would add an entrance to DTHS (Carrie Lane) at the back of the property which would alleviate congestion
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