BR architect: close the washington st exit

Wow that's the most racist idea I've ever heard.

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Baton Rouge architect Coleman Brown said Monday traffic on Interstate 10 can be improved by spending far less than the state's $380 million plan and that closing the Washington Street exit is one of the keys.

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What does the genius think will happen if you only close the exit?

I-10 still needs additional lanes through town which is what the state is doing. You close the washington st exit and extend the lane through town. He doesn't want to extend a lane through town.

Sportsfan must have places under the perkins road overpass he likes going to.

From the article

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Rather than demolish Southdowns-Valley Park Nairn Street Bridge and the Acadian Railroad Underpass, preserve and repaint the City Park Lakes bridge to its original sky-blue color... Brown said traffic improvements are possible by spending just $77 million, which he said would affect only a handful of homes and businesses compared to the 32 in the path of the state project.

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Part of his plan. Yeah.. This guy is definitely acting as a shill for the perkins road businesses that will be plowed down to widen I-10. Cut the whole plan and let's paint the bridge instead. That will help traffic out.

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There are no plans to close the Washington Street exit, in part because objections from area residents has made doing so a political problem.

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or...the hordes of citizens traveling from lafayette and port allen to mckinley high school could get off at nicholson to van buren to...washington street!

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What does the genius think will happen if you only close the exit?

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Well, it would eliminate the ONLY place on I-10 from coast to coast that it goes down to one lane.....

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What does the genius think will happen if you only close the exit? I-10 still needs additional lanes through town which is what the state is doing. You close the washington st exit and extend the lane through town.

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It wasn’t the entire point of the article like the OP appeared to make it out to be. This developer is proposing a cheaper option to improving I-10. I’m concerned though about what would happen when the bridges would have to eventually be replaced, because that didn’t appear to be part of his proposal.

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Well, it would eliminate the ONLY place on I-10 from coast to coast that it goes down to one lane.....

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I-10 goes down to one lane in San Antonio.

Please stop spreading this lie.

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Well, it would eliminate the ONLY place on I-10 from coast to coast that it goes down to one lane.....

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There's no road past that point. You still have to expand the road and build a new lane through town. They're going to build the new lane through town. It doesn't really matter if they put a new washington st exit on the side of the new extended lane or not.

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What does the genius think will happen if you only close the exit?

I-10 still needs additional lanes through town which is what the state is doing.

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I believe the Wash St exit will have to be closed in order to add the lanes. His comment is absolutely accurate although not real popular with a portion of the population. The Wash St exit won't be the only ting severely impacted by the widening. Sometimes improving means pissing people off. They'll get over it.

Another fantastic part of his traffic solution is to paint the bridges

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• Rather than demolish Southdowns-Valley Park Nairn Street Bridge and the Acadian Railroad Underpass, preserve and repaint the City Park Lakes bridge to its original sky-blue color.

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repaint the City Park Lakes bridge to its original sky-blue color.

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This is a valid architect comment.