re: Louisiana DOTD Megaprojects

Which ones do I want?

widen I-10 from Highland to LA74

New MRB connecting LA1 to LA30 (listed as priority B)

Ascension to Livingston Connector

This list is not new. This priority list has been in place for at least a decade. I remember when Blanco Admin and DOTD put this out. Basically a list of projects that are beyond the budget. A couple of new projects get added from time to time.

Every time I drive through Gulfport it pisses me off how they have had 6 lanes there for a long time now and how I-12 still isn't 6 lanes for its entirety with all the truck traffic on it

Hey baws BR needs one of these bad boys :D

That would've made so much more sense. I've given up trying to understand the roads here though. I just do whatever I can to avoid Louisville these days.

I'm hoping President Trump's infrastructure plan can put some teeth into this list. It's great we actually have a president who is interested in fixing our shitty neglected infrastructure.

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Cool graphic. The only major highway project on the westbank that I was aware of that had been proposed but then never built was the elevated freeway over marsh land that would've extended Lafitte-Larose Highway (LA-3134) from its current endpoint in Lafitte all the way to southern Lafourche Parish.

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It's clear to see that more was planned for the southern end of I-310 where it now terminates at US-90 in Boutte. As you can see HERE, the ramps to cross US-90 were begun and remain unfinished here. The wetlands south of Luling & Boutte killed the southern expressway to New Orleans. It looks as though now they may finally get put to use if they can ever get the I-49 project this far east.


Personally, I'm intrigued by the desired extensions to the Earhart expressway all the way out to I-310. West of Hickory, I have no idea where they would build this unless it were an elevated roadway sharing the railroad right of way....or else they'd have to buy out a ton of property owners.

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As you can see HERE, the ramps to cross US-90 were begun and remain unfinished here. The wetlands south of Luling & Boutte killed the southern expressway to New Orleans

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Interesting...never noticed the partially started ramps at the 90-310 interchange. Seems as if they could've avoided the wetlands all together by just upgrading Hwy 90 to interstate freeway all the way to the current elevated WB Expressway and extend that freeway to the east and build the bridge to Chalmette to connect 310 to 510 that way if they were so worried about disrupting the wetlands south of Luling/Boutte.

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extensions to the Earhart expressway all the way out to I-310. West of Hickory, I have no idea where they would build this unless it were an elevated roadway sharing the railroad right of way....or else they'd have to buy out a ton of property owners.

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There's a pretty wide servitude along almost all of Airline (eastbound lanes side) between Hickory and Williams Blvd. Not sure if its quite wide enough for a freeway to be built, but would cut down on how much property they'd have to buy out.

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THERE IS NO LACK OF MONEY FOR MAINTENANCE OR ANYTHING ELSE!

And while I think its great that you want to blame Jindal for every ill in the world, this shite goes back way before Bobby took office. You think these roads turned to shite in 8 years? Not hardly.
We were told years ago that the gas tax would cure all of our ills. We'd fund every project and maintain every inch of pavement. Well we got fricked. Hard and dry.
Not another penny for any of this shite. Make it happen on what you got. The rest of us manage to every month in our own households.

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I agree with you that the government has strongly mishandled this money and it shouldn't have ever been diverted for anything else. However, over the years the gas tax becomes less and less valuable with more fuel efficient vehicles. Eventually there will need to be an alternate source of income dedicated to road projects instead of constantly raising a gas tax.

I agree. So many drag asses around here!