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B.R spending $60m to add 10’ wide sidewalks on each side of Florida from 22nd to Airline…
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:05 am
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:05 am
…where does this rank on the infrastructure priority needs of Baton Rouge? Does it even sniff the top 100?
Just drove this area and saw all the work being done on this project and couldn’t help but shake my head at this colossal waste of money.
10 foot wide sidewalks on this stretch of road? Really?
Just drove this area and saw all the work being done on this project and couldn’t help but shake my head at this colossal waste of money.
10 foot wide sidewalks on this stretch of road? Really?
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Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:10 am to SPEEDY
Mighty nice of them to put sidewalks on both sides of Florida. Although 60 million sounds like a hell of a deal. Just curious if Sidewalk Tiger is involved in this project?
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:14 am to SPEEDY
It's not only sidewalks
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10-foot-wide multi-use paths/sidewalks on each side of the road, alongside upgraded traffic signals, enhanced drainage, new lighting, and striped/signalized pedestrian crossings
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:14 am to SPEEDY
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B.R spending $60m to add 10’ wide sidewalks on each side of Florida
We just want less crime and better schools. That's a lot of cops and teachers and text books.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:16 am to SPEEDY
How much goes to the project and how much goes to the pockets of the pols? I bet I could contract out a group that could do this for less than half that.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:26 am to SPEEDY
Sounds like it will really open up the firing lanes there.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:29 am to SPEEDY
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10’ wide sidewalks
Larger landing pads for the frogger participants but they'll still get hit.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:31 am to SPEEDY
There is no hope for BR. Its a dump and destined to only get worse.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:46 am to slidingstop
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:48 am to SPEEDY
BR should have made Florida Blvd a controlled access expressway from I-110 to Denham Springs 50 years ago. Now we’re spending $60 million on some frickin sidewalks.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 10:52 am to SPEEDY
Gotta let the drug traffic flow better
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:00 am to SPEEDY
I mean, people do get run over on Florida pretty constantly. I’m not sure better sidewalks or crosswalks will fix that. But…It should’ve had sidewalks from the beginning, but here we are playing catch up 70 years later when shite is 800x more expensive.
If car prices keep going the way they’re going, you may see me out there making use of them one day. Ha
If car prices keep going the way they’re going, you may see me out there making use of them one day. Ha
This post was edited on 8/21/26 at 11:02 am
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:02 am to Shexter
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B.R spending $60m to add 10’ wide sidewalks on each side of Florida from 22nd to Airline…
Shexter
It's not only sidewalks
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10-foot-wide multi-use paths/sidewalks on each side of the road, alongside upgraded traffic signals, enhanced drainage, new lighting, and striped/signalized pedestrian crossings
Most of the $60 mil is going to drainage and digging/moving utilities.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:06 am to SPEEDY
I'm guessing the money was part of some sort of grant that had to be dedicated to that purpose (in general highway/road infrastructure). At least I hope so. As in I don't think the city/parish is taking money away from cops, or libraries, or EMS to build a hobo super highway.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:06 am to SPEEDY
You can go strolling leisurely along in 95 degree weather inhaling exhaust from four to six lanes of high speed traffic admiring the architectural wonders.
This post was edited on 8/21/26 at 11:09 am
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:09 am to brsa
yep. Keep sunshine pumping and ignoring its demise, though.
The band played on while the Titanic broke in half, too.
The band played on while the Titanic broke in half, too.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:11 am to SPEEDY
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where does this rank on the infrastructure priority needs of Baton Rouge? Does it even sniff the top 100?
At this point, I don't care. The entire state is in desperate need of infrastructure upgrades/ repairs.
Something is better than noting, just keep going.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:12 am to SPEEDY
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10 foot wide sidewalks on this stretch of road?
Mobility scooter race to the McDonald’s!
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:13 am to SPEEDY
Broome passed thd MovEBR project to pay for all this.
It included a laundry list of highway improvements including Airline, 30 and widening of Lee and new projects like Jones Creek.
It seems like they pushed forward these sidewalk projects and their bus project ahead of most of the others.
It included a laundry list of highway improvements including Airline, 30 and widening of Lee and new projects like Jones Creek.
It seems like they pushed forward these sidewalk projects and their bus project ahead of most of the others.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:13 am to SPEEDY
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where does this rank on the infrastructure priority needs of Baton Rouge? Does it even sniff the top 100?
Sidewalks are definitely needed. There are more and more pedestrians walking the streets and its only a matter of time before a good citizen has their life ruined because someone is walking on the road in the wrong direction at dusk wearing dark clothes.
I have recently witnessed multiple near misses with someone walking along Highland Rd near the park and Lee Dr at dusk.
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