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New MSY road opens tomorrow

Posted on 5/14/19 at 12:38 pm
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
37080 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 12:38 pm
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No, not the flyover... but the increased capacity on Loyola and at the Loyola / Veterans intersection.

State got their stuff done on time... at least this part of it. Airport was supposed to open tomorrow.
Posted by Demshoes
Up in here
Member since Aug 2015
10191 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 12:40 pm to
I still don't understand why you won't be able to access the airport from Airline Drive?
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
19513 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 12:45 pm to
quote:

I still don't understand why you won't be able to access the airport from Airline Drive?


You can come in from the west side by boat.
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
32095 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 12:46 pm to
Best way to get to MSY is by plane.
Posted by Ron Popeil
Mississippi coast
Member since Nov 2018
767 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 12:47 pm to
quote:

I still don't understand why you won't be able to access the airport from Airline Drive?

Maybe because you would be dodging airplanes on the runway which is between the new terminal and Airline drive.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120254 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 12:48 pm to
Its going to be a disaster.

Traffic is going to back up onto the interstate regularly

Also the access road involves a couple single lane traffic circles. Not sure how that will handle the volume.
Posted by TDsngumbo
Alpha Silverfox
Member since Oct 2011
41575 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 12:52 pm to
8 weeks until the first carjacking on that road.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73681 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 1:07 pm to
Are there a lot of car jackings in Kenner?
This post was edited on 5/14/19 at 1:08 pm
Posted by Ron Popeil
Mississippi coast
Member since Nov 2018
767 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 1:19 pm to
quote:

Traffic is going to back up onto the interstate regularly

It already does. This airport access plan is going to create nightmarish traffic on Loyola and Veterans.
Posted by iron banks
Destrehan
Member since Jul 2014
3746 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 1:45 pm to
Massive clusterfirck incoming, thanks Mitch!
Posted by captainahab
Highway Trio8
Member since Dec 2014
1600 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 2:13 pm to
quote:

Traffic is going to back up onto the interstate regularly


They should let people park for free at the old terminal and run shuttle buses to the new airport (for free) until this cluster is fixed. That should eliminate 20-30 cars per shuttle bus on the "temporary" connector road.

Many airports do not have parking facilities connected to the airport and some are quite a ways from the airport.
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
84081 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 2:15 pm to
quote:

They should let people park for free at the old terminal and run shuttle buses to the new airport (for free) until this cluster is fixed. That should eliminate 20-30 cars per shuttle bus on the "temporary" connector road.


They should, but they won't.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120254 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 2:33 pm to
quote:

They should let people park for free


Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
37080 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 2:33 pm to
quote:

They should let people park for free at the old terminal and run shuttle buses to the new airport (for free) until this cluster is fixed. That should eliminate 20-30 cars per shuttle bus on the "temporary" connector road


Sounds like more work and more cost for the airport employees.

Nah, can't have that.
Posted by BRIllini07
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2015
3014 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 2:43 pm to
It'd be a pain to tunnel under an active runway in New Orleans. (11/29)
This post was edited on 5/14/19 at 2:46 pm
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171036 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 2:45 pm to
quote:

State got their stuff done on time..


Lol
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
31707 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 3:10 pm to
Can’t wait for the traffic to stack up on I-10 west right there @ Loyola
Posted by RedPop4
Santiago de Compostela
Member since Jan 2005
14402 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 9:08 pm to
I was through there today. They finished marking lanes. Seems like they only extended Loyola southward, and added a turn lane onto Veterans

There is still only ONE left turn lane from I 10 west onto Loyola South bound.
Posted by krones
Pacific Wonderland
Member since Sep 2010
413 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 9:14 pm to
quote:

It'd be a pain to tunnel under an active runway in New Orleans. (11/29)



I don't think it's usable at this point, but I believe there's already a tunnel under the runway.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65626 posts
Posted on 5/14/19 at 9:19 pm to
The official song of the new MSY Access Corridor:

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