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re: Proposal for ‘loop’ regional expressway by-passing City of Lafayette revived
Posted on 10/5/26 at 11:29 am to WillieD
Posted on 10/5/26 at 11:29 am to WillieD
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At least you have the 459 in Birmingham. This is light years ahead of Baton Rouge
And don’t forget that 1.88 miles of the northern beltline, Interstate 422, was opened last week. It was first proposed and the route drawn in the 1960’s. It has only taken sixty something years for almost 2 miles to be completed. Lightening speed compared to the Baton Rouge loop.
Posted on 10/5/26 at 11:39 am to ragincajun03
Put Elon in charge. He'll get it done.
Posted on 10/5/26 at 11:41 am to migui8618
Baton Rouge deserves a loop over any other city in America
to hell with Lafayette
to hell with Lafayette
Posted on 10/5/26 at 11:41 am to Bard
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I don't know nearly enough about Lafy traffic. Would that be a good route for a semi-loop?
Yes.
Posted on 10/5/26 at 11:46 am to ragincajun03
What NEEDS to happen to accommodate Space-X is to extend the four lanes of LA Highway 14 west of Abbeville to at least Gueydan (and possibly to Lake Charles). Building the Lafayette Expressway is merely completing a pipedream. It doesn't truly accomplish anything for Space-X.
Highway 167 is a divided four lane road. From Abbeville, Highway 167 will move the workers northward to Maurice & Lafayette if needed. The industrial corridor is not along I-10. Furthermore, I-10 thru Louisiana is a nightmare. Elon has already said that the Port of Iberia is anticipated to provide fabrication services for his facility. Extending Highway 14 further westward beyond Gueydan would also permit direct access to Lake Charles. Both ports provide deepwater access. The extension of Highway 14 would link Space-X directly to Highway 90 (designated future I-49) and HOPEFULLY provide the BOOST needed to complete I-49 southeastward thru Houma and to New Orleans.
Highway 167 is a divided four lane road. From Abbeville, Highway 167 will move the workers northward to Maurice & Lafayette if needed. The industrial corridor is not along I-10. Furthermore, I-10 thru Louisiana is a nightmare. Elon has already said that the Port of Iberia is anticipated to provide fabrication services for his facility. Extending Highway 14 further westward beyond Gueydan would also permit direct access to Lake Charles. Both ports provide deepwater access. The extension of Highway 14 would link Space-X directly to Highway 90 (designated future I-49) and HOPEFULLY provide the BOOST needed to complete I-49 southeastward thru Houma and to New Orleans.
This post was edited on 10/5/26 at 11:50 am
Posted on 10/5/26 at 11:51 am to ragincajun03
They spend 50 mil before ever turning dirt on a single interchange project. They’ll be lucky if the 49 connector is done by 2050 (or at all).This is sadly a pipe dream unless construction costs somehow come down 75%.
Posted on 10/5/26 at 11:56 am to ragincajun03
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“We did not resurrect this project because of SpaceX,” Abell said, “We’ve been working on this since 2003.” However, it’s worth noting that the commission hadn’t met publicly since 2019, until last Tuesday.
People are so fricking stupid. Why lie? Just say that it wasn't dead, but it had been shelved due to economic factors. Those factors have now changed, so it's ramping back up. There's no reason to blow smoke up everyone's arse on it
Posted on 10/5/26 at 12:16 pm to Jim Rockford
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And it'll still be finished before BR has a Loop.
With SpaceX building south, Lafayette is trying to build a loop before they'll need it like BR failed to do.
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