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re: Lakeview road rebuilt more than foot higher than residents' driveways
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:33 am to LNCHBOX
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:33 am to LNCHBOX
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I'm going to assume the elevation of the homes is higher than the new roadway, so tearing out the existing yards and driveways and filling the area and then rebuilding the yards and driveways.
BR will have a loop before this gets completed
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Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:33 am to LNCHBOX
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The front yards and driveways that have been affected will be corrected and filled to accommodate the new grade of the roadway as part of this project."
So they fricked up and built the road ~20" too high, so now there going to fix it by raising everything around the road 20"?
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:33 am to atrain5
This is hilarious. There was a shite load of IDGAF during construction too.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:33 am to atrain5
Welcome to Louisiana
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:34 am to SlowFlowPro
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a. that's going to be a pretty massive slope and may cause flooding
b. how the frick does she get in/out of her driveway for the 2 years it will take to do that?
c. How does a licensed engineer not notice this is a gigantic frick up?
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:34 am to Ingeniero
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"In the meantime, jump your car off the 18 inch drop from the road to your driveway"
This is funny, but I've not had access to my driveway before when repaving was happening. If you don't want the shitty Lakeview streets, occasionally you will be inconvenienced while they're being fixed.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:34 am to arseinclarse
How does that even happen....
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:34 am to atrain5
Sadly not surprising
The level of incompetence in that city is pretty impressive
The level of incompetence in that city is pretty impressive
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:34 am to SlowFlowPro
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the 2 years it will take to do that?
this is nola remember? more like 8-10 years.
And Latoya will provide her with a set of these.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:34 am to LNCHBOX
I was about to email my councilman about a storm drain ramp for my driveway. I guess I'm going to have to wait until this gets fixed in five years.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:35 am to arseinclarse
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I was about to email my councilman about a storm drain ramp for my driveway. I guess I'm going to have to wait until this gets fixed in five years.
If you're waiting on SWB it'll be longer than that
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:36 am to SlowFlowPro
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a. that's going to be a pretty massive slope
Meh, not that bad. About a 10-12% slope for a very short distance. I've seen worse in the mountains.
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may cause flooding
It probably will. There will be sanding water at the curb of the road unless they put a drain in at the location.
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b. how the frick does she get in/out of her driveway for the 2 years it will take to do that?
This is a problem.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:36 am to GumboPot
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Easy fix. Just slope the driveway up to the road across the utility right of way.
so simple, I'm sure those homeowners will be glad it's such a quick and completely avoidable fix 
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:37 am to hubertcumberdale
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I dont think I could ever live in that shite hole again
You and me both. I think I'd rather have the potholes over this clusterfrick.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:37 am to atrain5
Spring Branch in Houston rebuilt their roads a foot lower than the houses south storm drains.
Why the frick did they build a road higher than the lots?
Why the frick did they build a road higher than the lots?
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:37 am to arseinclarse
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c. How does a licensed engineer not notice this is a gigantic frick up?
Likely not stamped drawings. Probably ad hoc "minor" construction by the city.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:38 am to GumboPot
if the slope is as steep as it looks to be, she'll have ground clearance issues with cars too. Looks like the sidewalk needs to be raised too.
This looks like a pretty clear frick up by someone.
This looks like a pretty clear frick up by someone.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:39 am to dagrippa
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This looks like a pretty clear frick up by someone.
The article explains why it was done the way it was
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:39 am to Ed Osteen
The new street signs after the city rebuilt Louisiana avenue will always be my favorite NOLA frick up. How many people did these get by unnoticed to the point of being put in the ground?
This post was edited on 9/18/19 at 10:41 am
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:41 am to Ed Osteen
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The new street signs after the city rebuilt Louisiana avenue will always be my favorite NOLA frick up. How many people did these get by to the point of being put in the ground?
That was all because of "Callin' Baton Rouge"
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