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re: B.R spending $60m to add 10’ wide sidewalks on each side of Florida from 22nd to Airline…
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:14 am to SPEEDY
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:14 am to SPEEDY
If you want to know why St George is a thing, here’s just a little more evidence. Remember when my SG tax dollars were going to fund dumb shite like this? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
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Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:15 am to The Boat
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controlled access expressway from I-110 to Denham Springs 50 years ago.
No traffic lights and no exits from Walker to downtown BR, and call it the Red Stick NASCAR Super Expressway. It would be full of downtown state workers driving $80k vehicles while living in double-wide trailers.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:15 am to Alt26
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LINK The project is funded through $15.1 million in MOVEBR funding, a federal INFRA grant awarded to East Baton Rouge Parish in 2022 and LADOTD program funds. The design consultant for the project is Forte and Tablada.
This post was edited on 8/21/26 at 11:16 am
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:19 am to doubleb
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It seems like they pushed forward these sidewalk projects and their bus project ahead of most of the others.
shite that supposedly benefits NBR and is subject to sweetheart construction contracts? fricking shocker.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:23 am to doubleb
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It seems like they pushed forward these sidewalk projects and their bus project ahead of most of the others.
And, in true government fashion, no one thought to add bus pull-ins to this project in order to make it easier and safer for busses to stop and pick up passengers along Florida.
While the drainage is needed, the extra-wide sidewalk isn't. The vast majority of people I see walking in conjunction with Florida are walking across it, not along it and the project does nothing to address that.
All that said, any work on Florida should have gone toward expanding the Airline-Amite corridor first (especially Airline-Sherwood) as that's where the continually worst of the Florida bottleneck is.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:28 am to SPEEDY
It’s probably to accommodate the mobility impaired.
While driving through BR a couple of years ago, my Waze took me through north BR to avoid the interstate traffic.
I was amazed at the 10’ wide sidewalks in that area. It made me wonder why that area. A disproportionate ratio of wheelchairs and motorized scooters per capita made sense.
Why? I just figured shootings and diabetes.
That is probably the same reasoning behind widening Florida Blvd.
While driving through BR a couple of years ago, my Waze took me through north BR to avoid the interstate traffic.
I was amazed at the 10’ wide sidewalks in that area. It made me wonder why that area. A disproportionate ratio of wheelchairs and motorized scooters per capita made sense.
Why? I just figured shootings and diabetes.
That is probably the same reasoning behind widening Florida Blvd.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:33 am to Willie Stroker
It's been awhile since I looked at ADA guidelines for sidewalks, but I'm pretty sure they only have to include a 5x5-foot passing zone for wheelchairs every so often. I'm not sure where the 10-foot width is coming from
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:35 am to Giantkiller
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If you want to know why St George is a thing, here’s just a little more evidence. Remember when my SG tax dollars were going to fund dumb shite like this? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
Well, sorry to have to break it to you but, St. George is still in EBR Parish. So you're still paying the 1/2% Parish wide MOVEBR sales tax.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:54 am to Ingeniero
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It's been awhile since I looked at ADA guidelines for sidewalks, but I'm pretty sure they only have to include a 5x5-foot passing zone for wheelchairs every so often. I'm not sure where the 10-foot width is coming from
Are ADA guidelines minimum standards or maximum?
10 feet just could be a whimsical thing because grandma, Scooby, and Peanut once vented about it during a Mother’s
Day get together.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:03 pm to SPEEDY
Don’t want the hookers getting hit
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:05 pm to SPEEDY
The new street gutters arent going into any drainage system
They are just holes in the curb with a lid, going on to the sidewalk.
Makes zero sense. All the water from 3 lanes of road will be directed onto the sidewalks
They are just holes in the curb with a lid, going on to the sidewalk.
Makes zero sense. All the water from 3 lanes of road will be directed onto the sidewalks
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:06 pm to Willie Stroker
They're minimums, but even the recommended width is only 5'. 10' would be comically wide 
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:08 pm to Ingeniero
quote:10’ shared-use path is part of DOTD minimum design guidelines for complete streets policy. A certain amount of boxes have to be checked to accommodate bikes and pedestrians now. If not, it needs a design exception. This has been in place for a while now for pretty much all urban projects on state routes or using federal funds. A big reason why you’re seeing so many pedestrian improvements nowadays.
It's been awhile since I looked at ADA guidelines for sidewalks, but I'm pretty sure they only have to include a 5x5-foot passing zone for wheelchairs every so often. I'm not sure where the 10-foot width is coming from
Usually bikes can be accommodated on a 4’ shoulder, and a 5’ sidewalk is sufficient for peds.
But I think the point of securing fed funds for this project was to deliver a full shared use path to accommodate everyone since Florida was mostly curb and gutter with no shoulders.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:11 pm to baytiger11
Ahh you're right. I didn't consider that they're going for full shared use path/complete streets with this.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:15 pm to SPEEDY
Haven’t been to BR in a minute. But haven’t they had issues with grass mowing for green spaces/ medians lately ? You know…a super basic service that makes any city look like it kinda has its shite together?? $60 million could cut a lot of grass, pave a lot of streets, fill potholes…I could go on. But spending it on sidewalks??
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:18 pm to SPEEDY
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10 foot wide sidewalks on this stretch of road? Really?
You will all be excited to know that it looks like there will also be enough room for a new BICYLE LANE!
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:19 pm to Ingeniero
Yea it’s aggravating having to try to work it into every urban project. Sometimes it’s just not feasible.
But yea I think it was probably part of the description for applying for these fed grants. That the scope would be to do a complete streets, large ped improvement project.
Now whether it’s actually needed or not, idk. Should be supported by traffic studies and crash history.
But yea I think it was probably part of the description for applying for these fed grants. That the scope would be to do a complete streets, large ped improvement project.
Now whether it’s actually needed or not, idk. Should be supported by traffic studies and crash history.
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:20 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
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Forte and Tablada
At least it's a local BR design consultant.
The construction contractor is Hard Rock Construction out of Harvey, Louisiana.
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