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re: Louisiana - Traffic - Roads
Posted on 11/1/15 at 8:50 am to skinny domino
Posted on 11/1/15 at 8:50 am to skinny domino
Bridges have been built in St. Francisville and Lutcher. The bridges serve about 10,000 cars a day combined.
Louisiana political mentality, spend a billion on a bridge for 5000 cars a day in a rural area rather than putting it in an urban area and serving 50,000 cars a day, in order to be "fair" to the rural legislators.
The Capital outlay bill has to be evenly divided between urban and rural areas in order to pass. That is why city dwellers sit in traffic on roads built for a population half the size, while a town with 1200 people gets a new swimming pool and civic center for their city park.
Louisiana political mentality, spend a billion on a bridge for 5000 cars a day in a rural area rather than putting it in an urban area and serving 50,000 cars a day, in order to be "fair" to the rural legislators.
The Capital outlay bill has to be evenly divided between urban and rural areas in order to pass. That is why city dwellers sit in traffic on roads built for a population half the size, while a town with 1200 people gets a new swimming pool and civic center for their city park.
This post was edited on 11/1/15 at 9:06 am
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Posted on 11/1/15 at 9:25 am to ike221
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My question is, Why do citizens accept absolute mediocrity when it comes to infrastructure improvement?
This has also baffled me for years. Believe it or not Louisiana is one of the top state in terms of state maintained miles of roadway and one of the bottom states in terms of population. Another thing that didn't help was that that amendment 1 just failed, it would have protected the transportation trust fund so the politicians couldn't get their hands on it.
Chalk it all up to poor planning and short sighted politicians when they chose the interstate to be where it is today.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:36 am to Shaun176
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Louisiana political mentality, spend a billion on a bridge for 5000 cars a day in a rural area rather than putting it in an urban area and serving 50,000 cars a day, in order to be "fair" to the rural legislators.
Shaun, it's my understanding that the NR bridge was offered to the EBR, WBR, Ibberville, and Asc. They could never agree on where to put it and utilize it. So PC took it.
Again, that's what I heard. If the BR metro area can't get their shite together and find a place for the bridge, frick em. Give it to New Roads.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:41 am to ike221
DOTD has a $12 billion backlog of road projects (that doesn't count the $2-3 billion needed for a br loop), less than 10% of the highway fund actually goes towards building or maintaining any roads. Do the math, we're being fleeced.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:43 am to kingbob
I agree we're being fleeced. But where is the money?
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:46 am to tigerinthebueche
In the hands of politicians, developers, consultants for feasibility studies, and state employee unions. Why do you think Edwin Edwards can afford that big house in PPoint? Why is every small town councilman whose been there for more than 5 years a millionare from realestate? We're being robbed blind at every level.
This post was edited on 11/1/15 at 11:49 am
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:50 am to RedFoxx
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Oh, because traffic in Austin is bliss? Austin has no major East-West thoroughfare, everything is North-South and jammed 7 days a week.
Came in to say this. Austin has worse traffic than anywhere in Louisiana. It's a bigger and faster growing city than BR or NOLA, but I-35 through Austin will be fricked for the next 10 years at a minimum. No reliable E/W routes. Austin is a traffic nightmare.
This post was edited on 11/1/15 at 11:51 am
Posted on 11/1/15 at 12:26 pm to cahoots
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Came in to say this. Austin has worse traffic than anywhere in Louisiana. It's a bigger and faster growing city than BR or NOLA, but I-35 through Austin will be fricked for the next 10 years at a minimum. No reliable E/W routes. Austin is a traffic nightmare.
I lived in Austin for three years and it is terrible there. Traffic in Austin is worst than when I was living in Miami.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 12:29 pm to ike221
Louisiana infrastructure is one of the worst in the country. almost need an ATV just to get around.
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