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re: The bridge that's never going to be built just got delayed another 2 years...
Posted on 12/6/24 at 1:33 pm to winkchance
Posted on 12/6/24 at 1:33 pm to winkchance
Biden’s infrastructure bill provided funding for EV charging stations in Louisiana. Because that’s exactly what we need.
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Posted on 12/6/24 at 1:33 pm to TigerGman
Landry is going to go down as one of the worst governors in recent LA history, and shite, that's saying something.
As the ol' saying goes: Elections have consequences.
As the ol' saying goes: Elections have consequences.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 1:34 pm to Tarps99
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Could we fund it another way through additional regional gas taxes or even a tax on EV charging?
Yes, I expect there to be a push to increase the gas tax next session.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 1:40 pm to whoa
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Yes, I expect there to be a push to increase the gas tax next session.
LABI has predicted there will be an increase in gas tax as it hasn't been raised in years.
The New Miss. River Bridge in Baton Rouge could be fixed to assist in the traffic. It's a 6 lane bridge yet each side has two on-ramps and two off. Redesign the approaches.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 1:46 pm to Brian Wilson
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I don't understand how other states can function and operate halfway efficiently.
Transportation infrastructure is often funded by gasoline taxes. Louisiana has some of the lowest gas taxes in the country and they haven't been adjusted in 35 years. Additionally, the soils in Louisiana require more maintenance for roads than states where bedrock may provide a firmer foundation.
Also, residents of other states often understand that everyone can benefit from infrastructure improvements, not just locally. Ease of commerce across both the Mississippi and Calcasieu Rivers serves all of us, not just those people in EBR and Calcasieu Parishes. We have a rather entrenched problem with provincialism.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 1:49 pm to broadhead
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LABI has predicted there will be an increase in gas tax as it hasn't been raised in years.
Decades!
The consultant group that Landry hired to look at DOTD, basically said they have to find new revenue streams starting with increasing & indexing the gas tax.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 2:09 pm to Harry Boutte
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Also, residents of other states often understand that everyone can benefit from infrastructure improvements, not just locally. Ease of commerce across both the Mississippi and Calcasieu Rivers serves all of us, not just those people in EBR and Calcasieu Parishes. We have a rather entrenched problem with provincialism.
It always amuses me when people who don’t live here complain to me about “Baton Rouge traffic”, and when I reply that the interstate can certainly turn into a parking lot, but generally speaking, I can find alternate routes to get where I need to go. Then they cite to the new bridge. Then they seem surprised when I point out that, as someone who both lives and works in Baton Rouge, I very, very rarely have to cross the new bridge. That the overwhelming majority of people who use the new bridge each day neither live nor work in the city of Baton Rouge. Blows their fricking minds
Posted on 12/6/24 at 2:17 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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Slashing wasteful spending would be another way to plug that hole.
People would be start sky-screaming about cutting "necessary" programs like poetry slams and midnight basketball.
This post was edited on 12/6/24 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 12/6/24 at 3:06 pm to Joshjrn
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generally speaking, I can find alternate routes to get where I need to go
The layout of Baton Rouge is intentionally HORRIBLE for alternate routes.
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as someone who both lives and works in Baton Rouge, I very, very rarely have to cross the new bridge.
I too live in Baton Rouge, but my work takes me to Lafayette about once a week. Using the Old Bridge adds a half-hour to what would otherwise be a one hour drive.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 3:08 pm to monsterballads
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that bridge is never getting built
I've come to terms with this. If the Horace Wilkinson collapses, they'll take ten years to "sTuDy" the feasibility of bringing back the old ferry boats. It's 4D Chess-level dysfunction...
Posted on 12/6/24 at 3:12 pm to Harry Boutte
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I too live in Baton Rouge, but my work takes me to Lafayette about once a week. Using the Old Bridge adds a half-hour to what would otherwise be a one hour drive.
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The layout of Baton Rouge is intentionally HORRIBLE for alternate routes.
Because of the combination of the Vermillion River and that the majority of neighborhoods were built as dead ends, Lafayette is vastly, staggeringly worse as far as alternate route availability than Baton Rouge, and it isn’t really close.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 3:15 pm to Joshjrn
Why I never want to leave the grid heaven of Lake Charles
Posted on 12/6/24 at 3:20 pm to Joshjrn
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Lafayette is vastly, staggeringly worse as far as alternate route availability than Baton Rouge, and it isn’t really close.
That is horrifyingly true.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 3:31 pm to Harry Boutte
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That is horrifyingly true.
I was still living in Lafayette when the opening of Camellia Blvd was heralded as utterly life changing for traffic in Lafayette…
And for that not to be an exaggeration
Posted on 12/6/24 at 4:02 pm to Joshjrn
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That the overwhelming majority of people who use the new bridge each day neither live nor work in the city of Baton Rouge.
So? All that interstate traffic backs up for miles even if you aren;t taking the bridge.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 4:32 pm to TigerGman
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So? All that interstate traffic backs up for miles even if you aren;t taking the bridge.
Which would really, really inconvenience me if I needed to take the interstate to efficiently travel within the city. Fortunately, I don’t. The road work on Jefferson has caused me vastly more issues than interstate congestion over the last couple of years, as an example. And even that has been minimal.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 4:39 pm to Purplehaze
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Well Biden passed his big infrastructure bill that covers the bridge in Lake Charles. So you can't blame Biden. Congressman Higgins voted against it. Can't blame Louisiana Democrats as they are not in power. Louisiana Legislature has been controlled by Republicans for about 20 or so years.
Who will be your scapegoat now?
Did you just read the title or the bill itself?
Infrastructure was the billion or so spent of a few EV charging stations.
Grant money and subsidies out the wazoo for alternative energy that doesn't actual work except with computer simulations.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 6:18 pm to Joshjrn
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Which would really, really inconvenience me if I needed to take the interstate to efficiently travel within the city.
Well thousands and thousands of commuters are daily
Posted on 12/6/24 at 6:29 pm to TigerGman
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Well thousands and thousands of commuters are daily
It’s really important to read the posts that came before in a reply chain.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 6:39 pm to TigerGman
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Lawmakers recently redirected $280 million from vehicle sales tax revenue to the state’s general fund
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