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I-10 Widening. Closing in on 1B
Posted by Cajun367
on 3/21/23 at 9:50 am
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7Any guesses on how long it takes for a couple more "studies" to push this past the billion mark?
quote:
A legislative committee Monday agreed to allow the state to borrow as much as $850 million from the federal government to pay for higher than expected costs to widen Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge.
The change lifts a previous $650 million cap on federal borrowing for that project, and was requested by Eric Kalivoda, the new secretary of the state Department of Transportation and Development. It cleared the Joint Transportation Committee without dissent.
Kalivoda said the new cap is needed because the I-10 widening work is going further east than originally planned and because of inflation.
This post was edited on 3/21 at 9:52 am
re: I-10 Widening. Closing in on 1BPosted by Northshore Aggie 
on 3/21/23 at 9:51 am to Cajun367
on 3/21/23 at 9:51 am to Cajun367I'm just glad that my children's children may be able to get through baton rouge with minimal traffic.
re: I-10 Widening. Closing in on 1BPosted by Cajun367 on 3/21/23 at 9:53 am to Northshore Aggie
on 3/21/23 at 9:53 am to Northshore Aggiequote:
I'm just glad that my children's children may be able to get through baton rouge with minimal traffic.
True. Maybe my great great great grandchildren will one day traverse the "future I—49 corridor" aka the Evangeline Thruway.
re: I-10 Widening. Closing in on 1BPosted by wileyjones on 3/21/23 at 9:54 am to Cajun367
quote:must be nice to get inflation adjusted work
Kalivoda said the new cap is needed because because of inflation
meanwhile us peons get a 2% merit raise if we’re lucky
We recently moved to a small town and roads will be repaved basically overnight. We will drive somewhere and a couple days later go back and notice it’s a brand new road. The work gets done so much more quickly. Obviously far different than widening an interstate, but in general our infrastructure projects move at lightening speed compared to Louisiana.
re: I-10 Widening. Closing in on 1BPosted by saint tiger225 
on 3/21/23 at 9:55 am to Cajun367
on 3/21/23 at 9:55 am to Cajun367quote:I see they were taught well.
the new secretary of the state Department of Transportation and Development.
re: I-10 Widening. Closing in on 1BPosted by Dixie Normus 
on 3/21/23 at 9:59 am to Northshore Aggie
on 3/21/23 at 9:59 am to Northshore AggieNo chance. They’re probably building this with current BR population in mind and by the time it’s done it’ll already be too small. Louisiana government is incapable of forward thinking.
re: I-10 Widening. Closing in on 1BPosted by fallguy_1978 on 3/21/23 at 10:01 am to Northshore Aggie
on 3/21/23 at 10:01 am to Northshore Aggiequote:
I'm just glad that my children's children may be able to get through baton rouge with minimal traffic.
We'll finish the loop right around the time we have flying cars
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re: I-10 Widening. Closing in on 1BPosted by Wally Sparks 
on 3/21/23 at 10:09 am to Dixie Normus
on 3/21/23 at 10:09 am to Dixie Normusquote:
They’re probably building this with current BR population in mind and by the time it’s done it’ll already be too small. Louisiana government is incapable of forward thinking.
Welcome to induced demand.
re: I-10 Widening. Closing in on 1BPosted by winkchance on 3/21/23 at 10:11 am to Cajun367
on 3/21/23 at 10:11 am to Cajun367quote:
Any guesses on how long it takes for a couple more "studies" to push this past the billion mark?
You can blame the Feds for studies, no federal money can be utilized by any state without an environmental study.
re: I-10 Widening. Closing in on 1BPosted by lsusteve1 on 3/21/23 at 10:13 am to Northshore Aggie
on 3/21/23 at 10:13 am to Northshore Aggiequote:
just glad that my children's children may be able to get through baton rouge with minimal traffic.
It'll be 20 years behind upon completion
And they'll still have to worry about bullets.
re: I-10 Widening. Closing in on 1BPosted by Galactic Inquisitor on 3/21/23 at 12:36 pm to jlovel7
on 3/21/23 at 12:36 pm to jlovel7quote:
We recently moved to a small town and roads will be repaved basically overnight. We will drive somewhere and a couple days later go back and notice it’s a brand new road. The work gets done so much more quickly. Obviously far different than widening an interstate, but in general our infrastructure projects move at lightening speed compared to Louisiana.
You're comparing simple mill and overlay work on a rural route to a job that requires replacing 4 bridges while maintaining an ADT over 160,000 at FHWA standards. Apples and orangutans.
re: I-10 Widening. Closing in on 1BPosted by Ghost of Colby on 3/21/23 at 12:44 pm to Cajun367
on 3/21/23 at 12:44 pm to Cajun367quote:
"future I—49 corridor" aka the Evangeline Thruway.
re: I-10 Widening. Closing in on 1BPosted by jlovel7 on 3/21/23 at 4:44 pm to Galactic Inquisitor
on 3/21/23 at 4:44 pm to Galactic Inquisitorquote:
You're comparing simple mill and overlay work on a rural route to a job that requires replacing 4 bridges while maintaining an ADT over 160,000 at FHWA standards. Apples and orangutans.
How fast are Louisiana cities at that simple mill and overlay work?
re: I-10 Widening. Closing in on 1BPosted by mametoo on 3/21/23 at 4:51 pm to Northshore Aggie
on 3/21/23 at 4:51 pm to Northshore Aggiequote:
I'm just glad that my children's children may be able to get through baton rouge with minimal traffic.
It's so nice to see a glass is half full attitude on the completion date.
quote:
How fast are Louisiana cities at that simple mill and overlay work?
It depends on the city, parish, MPO area, roadway classification, traffic counts, ambient air temperature, air moisture, precipitation, etc.
The state or town you live in doesn't have some miracle mill or asphalt that magically allows them to work faster. They are likely sequencing to allow for overnight completion of each roadway segment. Very common practice.
This post was edited on 3/21 at 4:53 pm
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