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re: Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
Posted on 6/11/20 at 12:52 pm to ClubTiger
Posted on 6/11/20 at 12:52 pm to ClubTiger
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With as backward as this state always feels, for them to have the foresight to see the potential of this project at that time is incredible.
This may sound hard to believe for some people, but there was a time when Louisiana was actually one of the more progressive, forward-thinking, intelligent, successful states.
The Causeway and the second span of the CCC / Westbank Expressway are both examples of how things can be done when you have competence - something sorely lacking today.
Heck, look at the build-out of East Jefferson from Causeway towards Kenner. Very well built, rationally thought out neighborhoods, roads, canals, etc. Look at old pics from the 50s and you can see where they built the major roads first, then built neighborhoods, infrastructure, etc.
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Posted on 6/11/20 at 12:53 pm to Northshoretiger87
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If and when they finish all of the projects, I believe, by law, it could be turned over to the State,
Yeah that will never happen.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 1:00 pm to LSUFanHouston
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when Louisiana was actually one of the more progressive, forward-thinking, intelligent, successful states.
Huey’s been dead for a while baw
Posted on 6/11/20 at 1:09 pm to DustyDinkleman
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You’re forgetting about left-lane campers and jacked rigs or sports cars zipping in and out of traffic. These things cause accidents no matter how safe a roadway is.
Don't forget impenetrable fog and barges taking out a section. That'll do it too.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 1:54 pm to Mr. Misanthrope
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Don't forget impenetrable fog
The worst. One lane, 45 mph all the way across.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 2:22 pm to ClubTiger
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The first span in 1956 cost $46 million ($433 million in today's dollars).
The new two lane elevated hwy from Leeville to Port Fourchon was $30 million a mile.
La. can’t get enough money to finish the eight mile stretch from Leeville to Golden Meadow.
Long term goal is a Hwy from Hwy 90 to Port Fourchon.
Can’t see that ever happening.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 2:58 pm to commode
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So I'm guessing you are not a fan of the Causeway Commission?
you guessed right
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Care to elaborate?
nothing that hasnt already been said: they suck donkey dick
Posted on 6/11/20 at 2:59 pm to MardiGrasMambo
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Don't forget impenetrable fog
The worst. One lane, 45 mph all the way across.
police caravans..
Posted on 6/11/20 at 4:10 pm to DomincDecoco
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hope the causeway cops get defunded with their racists arse
I remember when there was a huge bruhaha over JP cops not paying the toll on the Causeway. Harry Lee said that his officers should not have to pay the toll, and instructed them to basically drive by the toll booths.
The Causeway commission wasn't having any of that, and told Lee that if his officers attempted to bypass the tolls without paying, the Causeway Police would pull them over and issue a citation.
Lee responded with something like "If any Causeway cop pulls over one of my officers, I'll have them arrested for impersonating a police officer."
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