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re: BR peeps - another day, another wreck on New Bridge Westbound
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:07 pm to tigerinthebueche
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:07 pm to tigerinthebueche
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wonder how you'd feel if it was going through your yard?
I'd sell yesterday
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Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:08 pm to tigerinthebueche
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wonder how you'd feel if it was going through your yard?
BR doesn't want it in their yard, that is why it gets sent to the surrounding parishes.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:09 pm to link
DOTD shoulders some of the blame. It is illegal for the state to enter into any construction contracts on a cost + %fee basis. That would mean that whatever the project ends up costing, the contractor is paid that plus an agreed upon percent markup ($1,000,000 job means total cost is $1,100,000 on a 10% job). This kind of bid structure is illegal because it offers little to zero incentive for the contractor to finish in a timely manner or to keep costs down.
However, such a contract structure is not illegal in consulting work for feasibility studies. That is why the companies that receive these studies are so tied to the government themselves. Feasibility studies, or more so, the study industry, is basically a massive money laundering scheme where legislators and government agencies pay for "studies" that go to companies from which they receive kick-backs and campaign contributions.
Don't believe me? Look what happens when a prominent politician leaves power in favor of a new regime. Notice that the companies doing the studies changes. The company getting the new contracts will undoubtedly be a campaign supporter or family member of the current regime.
However, such a contract structure is not illegal in consulting work for feasibility studies. That is why the companies that receive these studies are so tied to the government themselves. Feasibility studies, or more so, the study industry, is basically a massive money laundering scheme where legislators and government agencies pay for "studies" that go to companies from which they receive kick-backs and campaign contributions.
Don't believe me? Look what happens when a prominent politician leaves power in favor of a new regime. Notice that the companies doing the studies changes. The company getting the new contracts will undoubtedly be a campaign supporter or family member of the current regime.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:20 pm to fightin tigers
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BR doesn't want it in their yard, that is why it gets sent to the surrounding parishes.
I don't think you understand the concept of a loop. It can't go through, it has to go around.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:33 pm to MikeBRLA
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don't think you understand the concept of a loop. It can't go through, it has to go around.
I don't think you realize how far the loop has had to be pushed out since it was first proposed.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:37 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
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Got it, chief! Except people love to use sacastic and unrealistic ideas to solve problems like this and walk around acting like they know the solution and the "experts" are just stupid. BR has a huge traffic problem and it isn't going to go away anytime soon. The only way it will EVER get solved to spend a large fortune. Problem is, instead of finding more money for projects like this, we keep finding out that we don't have enough money to perform routine projects.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:39 pm to tigerinthebueche
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wonder how you'd feel if it was going through your yard?
Considering I would be entitled to just compensation for my house under the law, I would be perfectly happy to receive my appraised value to leave.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:51 pm to Croacka
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People going from college dr. to bluebonnet are the ones that have no need to get on the interstate but that's how Baton Rouge operates
They can't get anywhere without getting on the interstate
This. It's not a BR-only problem, but the lack of sufficient surface arteries and grid combined with a collective unwillingness to change is at the root of the problem.
Regarding eminent domain, it's clearly a sticky issue, but transportation is the primary cause, and certainly BR's problems and solutions are not new. This stuff happens all the time and that's how progress happens.
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:55 pm to link
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... I seriously doubt the short merge after the split was designed that way ...
Interesting fact: the new bridge was actually the last piece of the split to be built, and the Washington Street exit predates it.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:57 pm to udtiger
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Considering I would be entitled to just compensation for my house under the law, I would be perfectly happy to receive my appraised value to leave.
How about if they built an interstate the middle of the 50 acres you bought to isolate yourself? Your house is right by an interstate now.
I am like you, I wanted the loop to pass at the end of my street, but I do get the resistance from people who removed themselves from the problems.
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 2/3/15 at 2:09 pm to tigerinthebueche
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wonder how you'd feel if it was going through your yard?
That's retarded, you could probably only fit one lane in my yard.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 2:25 pm to fightin tigers
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I don't think you realize how far the loop has had to be pushed out since it was first proposed.
This. The original loop oath is present day Burbank.
The Southern bridge was going to be where Brightside intersects River Road.
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 2/3/15 at 2:26 pm to kingbob
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This. The original loop oath is present day Burbank.
Yep, should still do the original idea of Burbank, Seigen/Sherwood, Florida. Elevate that sucker.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 2:36 pm to fightin tigers
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but I do get the resistance from people who removed themselves from the problems.
these are the ones for whom I am speaking. The people who bitch about the traffic and need for a loop are the ones who (it seems) wont have to sacrifice their parcel of land (or better yet, have it taken from them). This IMO is bullshite. Those of us who moved out to get away from all of the sprawl and shite that comes with it dont appreciate being told "pack your shite cause we need a loop". Well pardon me, I mean no offense, BUT frick YOU TOO! 
You move closer to your job are somewhere else so the traffic doesn't impact you. I'm not giveing up my 40 acres because you have to sit in traffic. That ain't my problem. You wanting to take my land because you want a smoother commute IS my problem. Posted on 2/3/15 at 2:40 pm to Croacka
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People going from college dr. to bluebonnet are the ones that have no need to get on the interstate but that's how Baton Rouge operates
They can't get anywhere without getting on the interstate
Just part of the local culture it seems
so now choosing the quickest way to get from point A to point B is just "local culture"?
Posted on 2/3/15 at 3:31 pm to udtiger
It's not a wreck but this is the current situation:
Baton Rouge Traffic ?@BR_Traffic 19m19 minutes ago
The left and center lane are now blocked I-10 West on the MRB due to a disabled truck . Congestion has now reached Essen on I-10.
Please someone contact BR Foundation and lets get a bridge expansion fund going!
Baton Rouge Traffic ?@BR_Traffic 19m19 minutes ago
The left and center lane are now blocked I-10 West on the MRB due to a disabled truck . Congestion has now reached Essen on I-10.
Please someone contact BR Foundation and lets get a bridge expansion fund going!
Posted on 2/3/15 at 3:54 pm to corndawg85
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Please someone contact BR Foundation and lets get a bridge expansion fund going!
Go fund me page
Posted on 2/3/15 at 4:01 pm to fightin tigers
Would gladly contribute if I knew funds were going to be allocated to an actual project and not a study. I swear it would make my quality of life so much better if traffic wasn't such a constant fricking cluster frick. I drive and travel almost everyday for work (4 state territory) and BR traffic is the bane of my measly existence.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 4:07 pm to udtiger
They really need to close the Washington St. exit on I-10E and make Darymple the 2nd exit off the bridge. Out of the 2,500 miles of I-10, it only becomes one lane in BR. I guarantee there is more money for the city/state coming across that bridge, than the "impacted" area if they get rid of the Washington Exit.
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