Reducing Goodwood at Airline by one lane

They repaved Goodwood west of Airline and decided to reduce it by one lane. Typical of Baton Rouge, they think that fewer lanes are the answer to our traffic problems.

Prior to the “fix”, Goodwood had two eastbound lanes and expanded to four at the intersection, allowing for a left turn and right turn lane. Now the right lane “becomes” a right turn lane, with no advanced signage. So you have people driving along and realizing at the last minute that they can’t go straight.

Adding to the cluster is that you have people in our neighborhood who know there is room for four lanes and try to use them as such. So it becomes a small version of New Delhi rush hour as you have cars in and out of lanes trying to cross Airline.

I’d complain to the city but I’m sure that their answer would be to add a bike lane and a pedestrian island.