Finally, a project to widen I-10 in BR is getting off the ground.

You think you were the first with this info here?

I hear it will resemble the autobahn.

Let him have it, OT.

Washington is being moved to be an exit from 110 instead of i10. Washington won’t be a problem anymore.

First time I've been to OT Lounge about it, saw there was a presser about it yesterday. Is this going to be a good deal for us?

Massively good deal, but it will hurt like a mother to get there.

DOTD seems to think they already have enough space in the existing right of way so as not to have to take in any existing businesses around the overpass area, but I’m skeptical to say the least.

This should be a huge improvement for eastbound traffic coming over the bridge and down 110 from downtown, but I don’t see it doing much for westbound traffic.

Don't know what's going on with Advocate's website but I see no text in that link, just spam and ads..

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Don't know what's going on with Advocate's website but I see no text in that link, just spam and ads..

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I-10 widening in Baton Rouge will take at least 5 years as part of $600 million transportation overhaul

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Unfortunately I agree. People think adding lanes to existing roads is the solution to every traffic problem when a lot of times it isn’t

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In this circumstance, where I-10 east goes down to one lane coming off the bridge, maintaining an extra lane will greatly reduce the current bottleneck and is 100% necessary.

I always here the argument that widening never keeps up with increasing demand, so we’re better off not doing it. That argument is based on a false assumption that those new cars are coming out of nowhere because the widening occurred, like everyone suddenly bought an extra car iust to drive it on the widened interstate. It’s bullshite. Those cars were largely already in the system, they were just avoiding the clogged interstates like the plague while clogging up the less efficient surface streets. Widening the interstates causes those cars to now move to the interstates. Even when congestion remains the same on a widened interstate, the added capacity means that it is still moving more cars, even at the same slow speeds. Nearly all of those extra cars would have still been sitting in traffic pre-widening, just on surface streets like Perkins and Florida. By moving those cars to a more efficient system, congestion in the overall road grid goes down, commute times go down, and efficiency goes up with increased capacity.

Those who say “widening never works” are basically just buying a government propoganda point perpetuated by corrupt socialists who seek to steal highway money via studies and bullshite projects (road diets, sidewalks, greenways, bike trails, etc) so they won’t be held accountable for not building roads while they impede progress in the name of the environment.

It’s all a big socialist anti-capitalism, anti-industrialization conspiracy.

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Those who say “widening never works” are basically just buying a government propoganda point perpetuated by corrupt socialists who seek to steal highway money via studies and bullshite projects

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Even the most nutty urban planner out there would agree that capacity enhancements like this are entirely appropriate. This is a textbook example of how additional capacity would provide huge relief.

That DOES NOT replace the need to improve alternative routes.