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re: Lake Charles traffic is easily worse than BR
Posted on 2/1/19 at 1:37 am to OKTGR580
Posted on 2/1/19 at 1:37 am to OKTGR580
It is no where close to being comparable to the Magnitude of the traffic of Baton Rouge.
I will say however, that they will surpass BR’s traffic situation in the near future if they do not address the issues soon and with haste.
The area is exploding with industry and suburban development with only 4 lanes dedicated to clear the barriers of water and Marsh the town was built on due to populated water accesses.
They actually can put a plan into action to relieve the current every day commuters minus the Temporary Industrial population boom.
Once all the LNG’s complete they're final stages and the commercial supply competitors get settled in and all those jobs are 100% manned, the current infrastructure can surfice normal operational commute for LC area drivers.
Small problems will still cause big headaches like holiday travel and such but nothing like the Catastrophe that will arise every morning and evening commute during a peak Travel period and a facilities 5-10yr Turnaround/expansion or unscheduled outage is taking place and happens to over laps another facilities Maintenance cycle which due to the density of industry in the area, will eventually lead to month after month of facilities drawing in Temporary labor to an overly populated area with insufficient infrastructure unable to successfully support the volume of which will be demanded to sustain normal functioning.
Not counting unforeseen Natural disasters.
I will say however, that they will surpass BR’s traffic situation in the near future if they do not address the issues soon and with haste.
The area is exploding with industry and suburban development with only 4 lanes dedicated to clear the barriers of water and Marsh the town was built on due to populated water accesses.
They actually can put a plan into action to relieve the current every day commuters minus the Temporary Industrial population boom.
Once all the LNG’s complete they're final stages and the commercial supply competitors get settled in and all those jobs are 100% manned, the current infrastructure can surfice normal operational commute for LC area drivers.
Small problems will still cause big headaches like holiday travel and such but nothing like the Catastrophe that will arise every morning and evening commute during a peak Travel period and a facilities 5-10yr Turnaround/expansion or unscheduled outage is taking place and happens to over laps another facilities Maintenance cycle which due to the density of industry in the area, will eventually lead to month after month of facilities drawing in Temporary labor to an overly populated area with insufficient infrastructure unable to successfully support the volume of which will be demanded to sustain normal functioning.
Not counting unforeseen Natural disasters.
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Posted on 2/1/19 at 5:51 am to OKTGR580
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OKTGR580
You are pretty good at being wrong
Posted on 2/1/19 at 6:06 am to bee Rye
The Lake Charles 210 project is set to last 1 year. They are totally repaving the bridge along with adding lights. It will be down to two lanes starting this weekend with one side of the bridge completely shut down.
The original project was set to last three years but the casinos put up incentive money to get it done in one year.
Early mornings and from 4-7 p.m. are the worst.
The original project was set to last three years but the casinos put up incentive money to get it done in one year.
Early mornings and from 4-7 p.m. are the worst.
Posted on 2/1/19 at 6:09 am to LSUEnvy
Speaking of sulphur. Anyone ever been to the little gem in carlyss called he’s not here lounge?
Posted on 2/1/19 at 6:33 am to The Great McGinty
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Small problems will still cause big headaches like holiday travel and such but nothing like the Catastrophe that will arise every morning and evening commute during a peak Travel period and a facilities 5-10yr Turnaround/expansion or unscheduled outage is taking place and happens to over laps another facilities Maintenance cycle which due to the density of industry in the area, will eventually lead to month after month of facilities drawing in Temporary labor to an overly populated area with insufficient infrastructure unable to successfully support the volume of which will be demanded to sustain normal functioning.
^---- this is how you construct a sentence, my friends.
Posted on 2/1/19 at 6:40 am to JasonL79
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I live 10 min from work and it regularly takes me 30-45 min in the morning and 45-90 min in the evening.
Then you don't live 10 minutes from work
Posted on 2/1/19 at 9:41 am to OKTGR580
Muh loop
Posted on 2/1/19 at 9:45 am to LCBayou
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The Lake Charles 210 project is set to last 1 year.
You’ve gotta be kidding me. So from 4-8 every evening it’s gonna be backed up like that?
frick lake Charles man.
Posted on 2/1/19 at 9:48 am to OKTGR580
The increase in traffic for Lake Charles, is that related to all the plant building? Once they are built and those folks move on, shouldn't traffic greatly improve?
Posted on 2/1/19 at 9:50 am to Mudminnow
The worst part about all of this is, there isn’t a good route to avoid it all. If you’re coming from Texas to Lafayette or BR, you pretty much have to go through LC unless you want to go 50 miles out of your way
Posted on 2/1/19 at 10:00 am to OKTGR580
Many folks moved from Louisiana to TX but often travel back to Louisiana to visit family and friends. Hopefully Lake Charles can get its act together soon
Posted on 2/1/19 at 10:18 am to OKTGR580
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On I-10 crossing the lake compared to crossing the river anyways. In town is different I guess.
I cross it multiple times every day. It really is only consistently bad in the afternoons. It did take my in-laws 1.5 hours to get from Ruth Street in Sulphur to LC a few Fridays ago in the evening. However, it has taken me 30-45 minutes to get over the Mississippi River Bridge from Port Allen ON A SUNDAY MORNING.
Posted on 2/1/19 at 10:20 am to OKTGR580
Nah, I lived many years in Lake Charles and it isn't even close. BR traffic isn't just on a bridge, it is everywhere. I put BR traffic as worse than Houston. At least Houston traffic moves.
Posted on 2/1/19 at 10:20 am to OKTGR580
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Lake Charles traffic is easily worse than BR
Ehh... the 210 construction has actually not been that bad congestion wise considering. The in-town traffic is way worse.
Posted on 2/1/19 at 10:20 am to Mudminnow
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Hopefully Lake Charles can get its act together soon
The state fricked us. Wouldn't fund a new bridge. The I-10 bridge should have been replaced 20 years ago.
Posted on 2/1/19 at 10:25 am to DLauw
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The city is fricking stupid for not installing contraflow for morning and evening commutes.
And which way exactly is the contraflow supposed to go? Pretty much equal amounts of traffic going both ways.
Posted on 2/1/19 at 10:25 am to Areddishfish
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I put BR traffic as worse than Houston. At least Houston traffic moves.
I know Houston gets a lot of grief from this board regarding traffic. But there are many alternate routes to take in case of an accident. I rarely travel on I-10 in Houston. If accident in BR seems like there is gridlock everywhere.
Houston is constantly building roads and/or expanding existing roads. The population is growing at 165 people per day and need keep pace. The 290 construction has been my biggest pain in the arse.
This post was edited on 2/1/19 at 10:27 am
Posted on 2/1/19 at 10:31 am to colorchangintiger
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The state fricked us. Wouldn't fund a new bridge. The I-10 bridge should have been replaced 20 years ago.
I had the chief engineer with the DOTD come and speak at a conference prior to the 210 traffic. Guy literally said that "roughly 40,000 is the max operating capacity of the i-10 bridge... there are roughly 70-90,000 vehicles currently crossing it daily"... I wrote it down lol. We asked if that was safe, considering it had outlived it's expected lifespan... he said something along the lines of yea it should be safe or yea its safe.
Posted on 2/1/19 at 10:32 am to OKTGR580
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You’ve gotta be kidding me. So from 4-8 every evening it’s gonna be backed up like that?
frick lake Charles man.
You're complaining about them not building the infrastructure to support the influx while that's exactly what they are doing and your pissed about them building the infrastructure.
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