re: BR architect: close the washington st exit

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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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I see what' he's doing. He's trying to present the I-10 widening as the less-racist idea.

I support the I-10 widening. That should have happened 20 years ago.

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This is a valid architect comment.

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Sure, I'm just not sure if it needs to be grouped in with his $77 million plan to fix traffic

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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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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.

I enjoyed that one too, rather than destroy completely different bridges for traffic..lets paint another one blue

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The white people at Dalrymple won't allow that exit to be closed.

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Plot twist. Just forwarded this idea to mayor doom so that she'll close the Washington exit to piss off more of whitey than ever. First their drainage pond, now their white roads

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It ceases to exist in New Orleans. All I10 lanes are forced to exit.

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I was driving down I-10 through San Antonio and when it merges with I-35, in order to stay in I-10, you have to exit and it goes down to one lane, both way. All my life I had heard this same story about the only place this happens is in Baton Rouge, and all I could think was that... frick... all our cake is a lie.

I drive this daily. It sucks. I am no Architect, however I feel that you have to improve the curve and the lane issue. I wonder if you could adjust the angle of the curve by going higher than the current interstate. You can use the current roadway for exits, etc, and then throw a new “flyover” type ramp above it so traffic coming from N BR and Laffy have more time to intersect. I am not sure there is space though.

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I wonder if you could adjust the angle of the curve by going higher than the current interstate. You can use the current roadway for exits, etc, and then throw a new “flyover” type ramp above it so traffic coming from N BR and Laffy have more time to intersect. I am not sure there is space though.

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This would require more space, and buying out and demolishing lots of ghetto housing. Basically, this is absurdly racist and will never happen.

Yes you need to extend the lanes but closing that exit also stops what ever people need to cut over from I-110 to Washington. I’ve seen people do this and yes, they slow up traffic tremendously

Kind of depends WHICH 32 homes are involved.

Look toward LSU as you finish crossing the lakes and you will see some pretty nice houses behind the tree line. I have a feeling that there is money or pull there trying to keep them from either being bought out or having a lane put in their back yard.