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Another BR loop thread, but I don't want to talk about the loop.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 10/22/15 at 6:13 pm
DOTD just killed Kip's plan for the inner loop to convert Airline Highway to interstate. I don't think it was a retarded plan, but the fact that we don't have the money to even do that pretty much kills the idea of a new bridge and a loop.
WHY can't they widen the interstate from the bridge to Dalrymple and GET RID OF THE WASHINGTON STREET EXIT??? WHY are we still talking about this 30 years later? WHY do they let a few stupid businesses on Perkins dictate public policy? It's fricking stupid.
WHY can't they widen the interstate from the bridge to Dalrymple and GET RID OF THE WASHINGTON STREET EXIT??? WHY are we still talking about this 30 years later? WHY do they let a few stupid businesses on Perkins dictate public policy? It's fricking stupid.
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Posted on 10/22/15 at 6:14 pm to Slippy
they hold meetings just to say hi to each other and rub elbows in hopes of personal benefits
Posted on 10/22/15 at 6:17 pm to Slippy
Remind me again why we elect these people? 
Posted on 10/22/15 at 6:46 pm to Slippy
I wish Baton Rouge would do away with the city council.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 6:50 pm to Slippy
Even Jackson Ms and Shreveport LA have a loop. It's embarrassing.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 6:51 pm to Slippy
You do realize the "new" bridge, opened in '69, was suppose to be a BR bypass. The state politicians moved it downtown for ease of access to state capital. Blame the sorry SOB's from then !!!!!!!
Posted on 10/22/15 at 7:33 pm to Slippy
Posted on 10/22/15 at 8:06 pm to Slippy
Because they'd have to take the money from higher education and you'd have a fricking total death inducing meltdown.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 8:12 pm to tigerinthebueche
Surprised there was no mention of bulldozing SLU in his post.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 8:13 pm to Slippy
I have grown so weary of this subject because it is so fricking frustrating.
If Vitter wanted to lock down the election, he should promise to bring a loop to BR, finish I-49, and widen I-10 between BR and Lafayette and propose combo toll/bonds to get that shite done.
If Vitter wanted to lock down the election, he should promise to bring a loop to BR, finish I-49, and widen I-10 between BR and Lafayette and propose combo toll/bonds to get that shite done.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 8:14 pm to Slippy
Because as a country we have lost the will to make difficult decisions, take risks, and invest in infrastructure. The Basin bridge could never be built today.
Hoover Dam could never be built today.
We have lost our way as a nation. We have lost our will to try. We try to please everyone, protect everything, and simply try to get by while our politicians spend all of our money on buying votes and trading favors.
Hopefully, someday we'll get our balls back, but until then, we're just going to have to bite the pillow, because they're going in dry.
Hoover Dam could never be built today.
We have lost our way as a nation. We have lost our will to try. We try to please everyone, protect everything, and simply try to get by while our politicians spend all of our money on buying votes and trading favors.
Hopefully, someday we'll get our balls back, but until then, we're just going to have to bite the pillow, because they're going in dry.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 8:22 pm to Horsemeat
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Surprised there was no mention of bulldozing SLU in his post.
Nah. SLU is a good school. Need to close ULL.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 8:24 pm to Slippy
Kip knows what's up, we need a loop. Those people on the council are terrible, either race baiters or douchebags. Delgado is a fricking doucher, that bitch that gave R Kelly the key to the city and permission to pee on her is a race baiter
Posted on 10/22/15 at 8:26 pm to Upperdecker
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Delgado is a fricking doucher,
I could not agree more. Arrogant as can be.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 8:31 pm to Slippy
Fyi slippy, the bump was direct competition to kips loop, not part of his plan
Posted on 10/22/15 at 8:34 pm to MBclass83
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Even Jackson Ms and Shreveport LA have a loop. It's embarrassing.
Monroe is even considering another bridge/loop. It won't be Interstate, but it'll be something to ease traffic congestion.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 8:50 pm to Slippy
I like Kip a lot because I think he's done a good job as Mayor but I can't say that I was impressed by the Airline Hwy idea. I know it wasn't his idea (the idea was a legislator from Ascension Parish's) and it was really the only loop that was proposed in his jurisdiction so I guess that's why he went on-board. I suspect from his perspective he was just trying to help, rather than just being a nay-sayer.
A northern by-pass that cuts through livingston parish, central, and hops on Hooper Rd is the only feasible option, imo. Finish i-49 for the southern bypass.
A northern by-pass that cuts through livingston parish, central, and hops on Hooper Rd is the only feasible option, imo. Finish i-49 for the southern bypass.
This post was edited on 10/22/15 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 10/22/15 at 9:03 pm to Slippy
East/West Interstate thru traffic is not the problem. Except for accidents, do you see traffic jams at other times than rush hours? Therefore the Airline bypass would do no good, especially for the amount of money it would cost.
The problem is the localized rush hour traffic. And, the fact that the only major large arteries are I-10/I-12 that funnel most local traffic to the bridge and then to I-110.
A prior thread mentioned making Florida Blvd a major artery. An elevated thruway would provide unrestricted access to downtown without adversely affecting existing businesses and neighborhoods. It could be one-way inbound in the mornings and one-way outbound in the afternoons with restricted access. It would parallel I-12 but not affect bridge traffic with traffic jams.
This artery would take traffic from east of BR into the downtown area. It would ease the load on I-12. It could have an access from I-10 (At Airline?) and ease the traffic on I-10 also.
Baton Rouge needs more major arteries into/out of downtown before it needs a bypass.
One road will not solve the traffic problems but the right road can help tremendously.
A Florida Blvd thruway would be the most cost effective way to ease traffic at the I-10/I-12 intersection.
Adding lanes to existing roads will not solve the problem.
The problem is the localized rush hour traffic. And, the fact that the only major large arteries are I-10/I-12 that funnel most local traffic to the bridge and then to I-110.
A prior thread mentioned making Florida Blvd a major artery. An elevated thruway would provide unrestricted access to downtown without adversely affecting existing businesses and neighborhoods. It could be one-way inbound in the mornings and one-way outbound in the afternoons with restricted access. It would parallel I-12 but not affect bridge traffic with traffic jams.
This artery would take traffic from east of BR into the downtown area. It would ease the load on I-12. It could have an access from I-10 (At Airline?) and ease the traffic on I-10 also.
Baton Rouge needs more major arteries into/out of downtown before it needs a bypass.
One road will not solve the traffic problems but the right road can help tremendously.
A Florida Blvd thruway would be the most cost effective way to ease traffic at the I-10/I-12 intersection.
Adding lanes to existing roads will not solve the problem.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 9:07 pm to Slippy
Baton Rouge is a piece of garbage. Eventually it'll be the crater just North of Prairieville, St. George and Denham.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 9:44 pm to ATL-TIGER-732
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ATL-TIGER-732
This guy gets it. At least the part about having more options to get out the city.
I'd be all in favor of making Nicholson a more viable option to get into Ascension.
We are stuck with Airline as is because of the Seigan Sherwood "intersection".
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