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EBR secures $15M federal grant earmarked for CATS bus rapid transit project
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:17 am
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:17 am
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This is a land mark event for Baten Rudge
I wonder how many studies and catered lunches went into this.
[img]The announcement came a day after Build Baton Rouge, the city-parish's redevelopment authority, unveiled its Plank Road redevelopment plan for North Baton Rouge, which will have the bus rapid line as an anchor.[/img]
Now the good people over at plank rd will have quick and easy access to LSU students
This is a land mark event for Baten Rudge
I wonder how many studies and catered lunches went into this.
[img]The announcement came a day after Build Baton Rouge, the city-parish's redevelopment authority, unveiled its Plank Road redevelopment plan for North Baton Rouge, which will have the bus rapid line as an anchor.[/img]
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Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, the Capital Area Transit System and Build Baton Rouge in a joint statement Thursday announced that the city-parish is receiving $15 million in discretionary federal grant funding that has been earmarked for the Plank Road/Nicholson Drive Bus Rapid Transit project.
Now the good people over at plank rd will have quick and easy access to LSU students
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:20 am to deathvalleyfreak43
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Now the good people over at plank rd will have quick and easy access to LSU students
To steal their candy and make their tribute shirts.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:20 am to deathvalleyfreak43
Dig into the article. They already dropped $800k of taxpayer money on a STUDY and a COMMITTEE and they are just getting started.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:20 am to deathvalleyfreak43
I am sure all 19 customers of CATS will rejoice
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:21 am to deathvalleyfreak43
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Now the good people over at plank rd will have quick and easy access to LSU students
Warms the heart
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:23 am to deathvalleyfreak43
Wasnt it Kip who planned to have a tramway connecting LSU to downtown? But Broome scrapped it and proposed this plan instead???
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:23 am to deathvalleyfreak43
waste of fricking money.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:24 am to deathvalleyfreak43
EBR seems to have a CATS tax increase constantly and now they're getting an additional $15m. I don't suppose that will decrease taxes.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:24 am to deathvalleyfreak43
“CATS” and “rapid transit” are mutually exclusive terms.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:25 am to deathvalleyfreak43
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The 9-mile route will link North Baton Rouge, the downtown area and LSU
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$15 Million
This post was edited on 11/8/19 at 10:28 am
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:26 am to upgrayedd
Have they ever done any of the shite they promised from that tax other than collect the money they asked for?
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:28 am to deathvalleyfreak43
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The 9-mile route will link North Baton Rouge, the downtown area and LSU
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:29 am to teke184
How many heads of CATS have we had in the last 10 years. It seems like they all get fired due to corruption or complete ineptitude.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:30 am to upgrayedd
Don’t know but everyone they hire seems to have a few things in common.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:33 am to upgrayedd
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How many heads of CATS have we had in the last 10 years. It seems like they all get fired due to corruption or complete ineptitude.
The same reason why the most qualified candidate didn't want to run their Airport.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:37 am to upgrayedd
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How many heads of CATS have we had in the last 10 years. It seems like they all get fired due to corruption or complete ineptitude.
I wonder why that is???
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:39 am to deathvalleyfreak43
Now we simply await the 100 million dollar grant to build the brand new Center for Council on Aging and Cats.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:40 am to deathvalleyfreak43
Curious how far $15M will go these days in something like this?
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:41 am to lsu13lsu
Probably a few lunches and a couple payoffs. Not enough to buy busses for the route (or redirect ones parked at Cortana sitting idle) or hire a bus driver to drive the route.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:46 am to teke184
We should commission a new public transportation task force that reports to a newly formed council for community development and infrastructure investment to perform a study on how the funds should be allocated to each phase and hold community meetings with members of the faith community to start the conversation as to how this will affect our local citizens.
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