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Posted on 8/23/17 at 5:37 pm to tgrbaitn08
Thank you! This guy gets it.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 5:38 pm to TheOfficial
Official, this is not directed at you.
There is no doubling of any budget. Whomever originally stated a budget for this project was 100% talking out of their a$$. This is being handled on a maintenance contract. Which has countless line items for numerous scenarios.
The problem with this project, and as with many projects in OLD areas, is that no one knows what is presently in the ground. This you have no idea of what utilities, phone/cable lines, etc items you will run across.
Or, the city could have extended the time required to do this project correctly, by TEN times. Proper survey completed, exploratory excavation to find what is presently in the ground, design, then bid.
99% of the people on here have zero clue as to what is going on.
Having a said all of that, I do not like Mitch at all.
There is no doubling of any budget. Whomever originally stated a budget for this project was 100% talking out of their a$$. This is being handled on a maintenance contract. Which has countless line items for numerous scenarios.
The problem with this project, and as with many projects in OLD areas, is that no one knows what is presently in the ground. This you have no idea of what utilities, phone/cable lines, etc items you will run across.
Or, the city could have extended the time required to do this project correctly, by TEN times. Proper survey completed, exploratory excavation to find what is presently in the ground, design, then bid.
99% of the people on here have zero clue as to what is going on.
Having a said all of that, I do not like Mitch at all.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 5:39 pm to LSUMJ
I just moved from Williamsburg, va... they would repave major roads without notice within a few days to a week, not a single pothole on the road either. Perfect American town
Posted on 8/23/17 at 5:40 pm to LSUMJ
This is just rich. New Orleans gets what it deserves.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 5:44 pm to AbitaFan08
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How many times have you resurfaced a street? There's a lot that goes into it, and if you want it done right you have to pay for it.
Crazy. They just repaved my 6-block-long street in St. Tammany in 3 days for all two of us that live there.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 5:48 pm to LSUMJ
Posted on 8/23/17 at 6:04 pm to nola000
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Crazy. They just repaved my 6-block-long street in St. Tammany in 3 days for all two of us that live there.
This isn't a repavement project. This is removing and replacing 6' of concrete that is 50-100 years old and replacing the drainage that's over 100 years old.
This isn't your little cookie cutter subdivision in the middle of nowhere.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 6:09 pm to DaBeerz
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I just moved from Williamsburg, va... they would repave major roads without notice within a few days to a week, not a single pothole on the road either. Perfect American town
My experience with vdot in the Richmond area has been pretty amazing as well relative to what I've known in LA.
They seemed to repave whole areas within a few days. Roads get repaved sooner than I wouldve thought they would otherwise.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 6:12 pm to LSUMJ
Dem$$$$ have more patronage pockets.
Mitch is a train wreck.
Mitch is a train wreck.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 6:14 pm to LSUMJ
I wonder if Hard Rock Construction (the GC on the project) used this company to supply the Concrete:
In 80 years nothing has changed-
In 80 years nothing has changed-
Posted on 8/23/17 at 6:15 pm to Screaming Viking
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The problem with this project, and as with many projects in OLD areas, is that no one knows what is presently in the ground. This you have no idea of what utilities, phone/cable lines, etc items you will run across.
Do you know if there was a GPR survey conducted?
Posted on 8/23/17 at 6:27 pm to tgrbaitn08
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This is removing and replacing 6' of concrete that is 50-100 years old and replacing the drainage that's over 100 years old.
Does the age of the concrete and drainage make it more difficult to remove?
Posted on 8/23/17 at 6:38 pm to LCA131
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Does the age of the concrete and drainage make it more difficult to remove?
Yes
Posted on 8/23/17 at 6:40 pm to upgrayedd
To my knowledge, nothing was done prior to the start of this work.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 6:43 pm to Screaming Viking
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To my knowledge, nothing was done prior to the start of this work.
That's nothing but blatant incompetence or an excuse to charge more under the guise of "unknown variables".
Posted on 8/23/17 at 6:49 pm to LSUMJ
This is typical of Louisiana politics and contract awarding. Place just rotten, lower the price initially get the contract and I'll come up with something or someone to approve overage. Wink Wink (kick me back) smh SCREW THAT WHOLE STATE BUNCH OF CROOKS AND THIEVES IN SUITS
Posted on 8/23/17 at 6:52 pm to upgrayedd
I Ann not making excuses for any of this. Just explaining that the vast majority of the complaints in this thread are misdirected.
Truth be told, this project has been handled in a sloppy manor mainly because Mitch wanted Bourbon to be re-done before the tricentennial.
Truth be told, this project has been handled in a sloppy manor mainly because Mitch wanted Bourbon to be re-done before the tricentennial.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 7:05 pm to tgrbaitn08
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This isn't a repavement project. This is removing and replacing 6' of concrete that is 50-100 years old and replacing the drainage that's over 100 years old.
This isn't your little cookie cutter subdivision in the middle of nowhere.
Yeah I dont know anything about the Bourbon project. Dont care anymore. Solved the NOLA problem by moving out of NOLA. Im just talking out of my arse to point out the TRUTH that, Bourbon St. project aside, NOLA has and has always had their heads up their asses.
Its not just NOLA BTW. How long did it take for them to make that overpass at Causeway & I-10 in Metry brah? 10 years or so? When I moved to Austin they had just started on an interstate toll project across the entire northern stretch of the city. It has like 10 fricking lanes and toll infrastructure everywhere. When I left it was finished.....SEVEN MONTHS LATER.
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Posted on 8/23/17 at 7:09 pm to nola000
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Solved the NOLA problem by moving out of NOLA. I
Pussy
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NOLA has and has always had their heads up their asses
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Dont care anymore.
You seem to still care
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Im just talking out of my arse t
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