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Ferries Will Save Traffic Nightmare When I-10 in BR Goes to One-Lane during Construction
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:11 am
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:11 am
Plaquemine ferries finna eat, ya'll. To everyone worried traffic is going to be at a 25-mile standstill when I-10 goes down to one lane in Baton Rouge during upcoming (when?? who knows) construction, fear not! The Plaquemine ferry is DOTD's answer to your woes.
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“What’s gonna happen sometime in 2024, when we go to two lanes in each direction and one lane at the flyover, at the merge, we know and we anticipate to see additional congestion," Mallett said. "We’re working on different ways to mitigate that."
One of the ways DOTD is looking to do that is by better utilizing the ferries already present in Baton Rouge. Mallet says there are certain things they’re now looking into to see how feasible the idea is.
“With all that goes into play, we can't make a guess at what we’re going to see on the ferries… that’s one of the many things we’ll take under consideration when we get that point. We have to see if it's cost worthy; it costs three to five million dollars a year to run the ferries.”
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Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:12 am to lnomm34
So we’re bringing Aggies over to BR in the name of safety.
frick this place.
frick this place.
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:13 am to lnomm34
This is going to be an absolute shitshow.
I-10 will be at a complete standstill 24/7.
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:14 am to lnomm34
Ferries can’t run regularly to begin with.
Trying to rely on them for daily I-10 traffic is a disaster waiting to happen.
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:16 am to lnomm34
thats gonna be a shite show
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:16 am to Scruffy
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This is going to be an absolute shitshow.
I-10 will be at a complete standstill 24/7.
I'm interested to see if home prices where I bought in Mid-City go up from people trying to get more centrally located or down trying to get out of the mess completely.
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:16 am to lnomm34
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"We’re working on different ways to mitigate that."
How about working on that loop before you shut down I-10?
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:17 am to lnomm34
I'll add this to reason whys Louisiana is a fly over state.
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:19 am to jrodLSUke
My office is likely going to go full virtual again whether they like it or not.
They have discussed changing things to have a skeleton crew in house at all times during this but I don’t think it will be workable with the gridlock we’re going to see.
They have discussed changing things to have a skeleton crew in house at all times during this but I don’t think it will be workable with the gridlock we’re going to see.
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:20 am to lnomm34
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Ferries
Closed due to fog
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:20 am to lnomm34
I was at one of the public meetings for the project at the Main Library several months ago and heard that they may look at a way to getting truckers informed to take alternate routes if their travels take them through BR.
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:22 am to c on z
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take alternate routes if their travels take them through BR.
Like what routes? There really aren’t any that don’t add a ton of miles
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:25 am to teke184
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My office is likely going to go full virtual again whether they like it or not.
I'm hoping my wife's office does the same.
I travel to/from Texas regularly. I'm going to have to time my drives to go through the middle of the night.
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:26 am to lnomm34
I would probably just move or change careers if I had to drive across that every day.
This will be an historic disaster.
This will be an historic disaster.
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:27 am to LSU-MNCBABY
BTR gonna be in gridlock for years.
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:29 am to lnomm34
This frickin state
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:29 am to c on z
There are no routes for truckers to use that would save them any time and all would cost them way more in fuel.
As for the Plaquemine ferry, they are not reliable. Plus, as it is now you are waiting 45 minutes unless you hit it just right during non-peak hours.
Also, with all the work planned for major surface streets BR will be non-drivable for a while.
As for the Plaquemine ferry, they are not reliable. Plus, as it is now you are waiting 45 minutes unless you hit it just right during non-peak hours.
Also, with all the work planned for major surface streets BR will be non-drivable for a while.
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:32 am to lnomm34
From a son that commutes this every day, they’d better add 2-3 more ferries.
Am I the only one that sees the irony that here in the 21th Century, we will have to resort to the 18th Century means to cross the river?
Am I the only one that sees the irony that here in the 21th Century, we will have to resort to the 18th Century means to cross the river?
This post was edited on 1/26/23 at 11:18 am
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:34 am to jrodLSUke
There will be no loop. Kip tried. Other parishes and citizens opposed a loop in such great numbers that it was shut down.
Now, it looks like people want to stop the progress on widening I-10 and fixing the one-lane at the new bridge in Baton Rouge.
Baton Rouge will never make progress because any plan to make improvements gets stopped.
Now, it looks like people want to stop the progress on widening I-10 and fixing the one-lane at the new bridge in Baton Rouge.
Baton Rouge will never make progress because any plan to make improvements gets stopped.
Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:35 am to lnomm34
frick that I'll take the loop 20 minutes longer with no traffic on both. Bonus I don't have to deal with the basin bridge.
20 minutes longer with no traffic on both. Bonus I don't have to deal with the basin bridge. 
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