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re: Four decades later: Lafayette ‘one step closer’ to I-49 Connector
Posted on 7/6/26 at 3:40 pm to ragincajun03
Posted on 7/6/26 at 3:40 pm to ragincajun03
the frick is a Mayor/President?
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Posted on 7/6/26 at 3:52 pm to Thracken13
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the frick is a Mayor/President?
It's an office for a "consolidated" form of government where the top elected official in the executive branch is "mayor" of the parish seat and also "president" of the incorporated parts of the parish. Supposedly to make government more efficient with less waste. EL OH EL to that.
Sid Edwards is the Mayor-President of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 3:53 pm to YOURADHERE
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They grinded all the high spots flat not too long ago, so it's less rough these days. Progress I think they call it.
My favorite was the sidewalk rehabilitation.
Money well spent only to have to rip it out some day.
Same with the J-Turns in Broussard and St. Mary Parish.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 4:11 pm to ragincajun03
TY for the explanation - i had no idea 
Posted on 7/6/26 at 4:21 pm to Ghost of Colby
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what’s delaying converting Hwy 90 into I-49 from Broussard to I-310?
Patterson to Berwick and Des Allemands/Paradis to I-310 will take quite a bit of work.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 4:29 pm to ragincajun03
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It's an office for a "consolidated" form of government where the top elected official in the executive branch is "mayor" of the parish seat and also "president" of the incorporated parts of the parish. Supposedly to make government more efficient with less waste. EL OH EL to that.
Sid Edwards is the Mayor-President of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish.
When the City of Houma consolidated back in the 1980's. They just dropped the Mayor Title and went with just Parish President, even though the Parish President is conceivably the Mayor of Houma.
The one thing that irratates me about consolidation is if you have someone from outside the city limits that runs for Parish President or even for council seats. Those representatives dilute the representation of the urban services district, or in the case of Baton Rouge, it may be opposite where representatives from the city may out number the Parish as a whole leading to some areas being felt neglected like St. George.
Another example of consolidation is Orleans Parish and the City of New Orleans. They don't have a Parish President or Parish Council, everything is consolidated into a City Council and City Mayor.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 7:12 pm to ragincajun03
I will be happy when they finished I-49 from Ft. Smith to Texarkana and then to Lafayette. It would then be a breeze to drive from NW Arkansas to Lafayette. But none of this most likely will be done in my lifetime.
This post was edited on 7/6/26 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 7/6/26 at 7:15 pm to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
This would make my life so much easier as well. But I don't think we will see it.
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