re: Louisiana's highways don't have a litter problem. They have a maintenance problem.

i think at least 80 percent of it is from the homeless, that looks like where the keep baton rouge clean people seem to pick up the most

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At least we don't have any worse of a litter problem than our neighbors*. We do have litter.

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That's bullshite. I see more junk on the sides of I-49 than any other interstate through TX, AR, and AL. I saw full coils of galvanized flashing on I-49 northbound around Gillem. Not only are Louisianans trashy, they dump expensive stuff too.

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The trash along Louisiana highways is absolutely appalling. I honestly cannot believe that you all put up with it.

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It’s been this way since I was a kid in the 70’s. I remember driving to Dallas back then and telling my parents that I wish we could move to Texas because the roads were smooth and clean. Once you hit the Louisiana line, buckled roads and trash everywhere.

Why can’t it be both?

Trashy folks AND lack of maintenance

And how about cleanng and getting the growth of of the interstate wall around Sherwood?

Absolutely pitifull they dont maintain it
Ever seen the wall in Pensacola ?
Its spotless and bright white

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This never gets talked about, but I think this is the worst part. You can pick up all of the litter and 5 minutes later more could be there. The weeds and general disrepair really showcases the neglect, and I'm not talking about the pavement. We can't buy a little weed killer? I don't understand why such little effort is put to maintaining the highways and streets we have. We pay a lot of taxes for garbage from LADOTD. Not even talking about building new bridges (we need that too), but just keeping the reflectors and stripes painted on a highly deteriorated road surface is just too much for LADOTD to handle.

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The issue is that people are hired to work in offices, and not enough people are out doing the work.
Money is being spent on salaries, and not enough on getting work done.

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Amazing how that changes directly at the state line.

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It doesn’t. Have you been on the roads in East Texas?

But jokes aside, the further you get from the ancient Mississippi flood plains the better.

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But jokes aside, the further you get from the ancient Mississippi flood plains the better.

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On the flip side, the further you get from the red hills of eastern Mississippi and its ideal substrate, and move west towards the Mississippi floodplain: There's nothing like driving by picturesque, 3 million dollar Madison, MS estates... but on a road that tosses you around like a raggedy carnival ride clawing at your oil pan like a man buried alive. That Yazoo clay is hell on vehicular activities.

There are no innovations for replacing good foundations.

no state has a litter problem. it's a people problem. too many people are absolute trash so they don't mind acting trashy.