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Widening project from bridge to 10/12 split could take 23 years - I might be in the grave
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:55 pm
Sounds like the I-10 work at LA Texas state line to Beaumont project
“First they said it would take five years, then they said 10, now they’re say 23,” Brown says. “I thought that must be a typo.”
Actually, the programmatic agreement, which details the state’s responsibilities to historic structures during the construction process, does state that “LADOTD intends for the Undertaking to be constructed in stages approximately over the next 23 years, as funding becomes available.”
But DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says 23 years is a worst case scenario for the entire widening project—which will span from the foot of the Mississippi River bridge downtown to College Drive and also includes replacing the entire substructure of the elevated portions of I-10—and he says most of the work in areas like the commercial district of the Perkins Road Overpass will be done more quickly than that.
“First they said it would take five years, then they said 10, now they’re say 23,” Brown says. “I thought that must be a typo.”
Actually, the programmatic agreement, which details the state’s responsibilities to historic structures during the construction process, does state that “LADOTD intends for the Undertaking to be constructed in stages approximately over the next 23 years, as funding becomes available.”
But DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says 23 years is a worst case scenario for the entire widening project—which will span from the foot of the Mississippi River bridge downtown to College Drive and also includes replacing the entire substructure of the elevated portions of I-10—and he says most of the work in areas like the commercial district of the Perkins Road Overpass will be done more quickly than that.
This post was edited on 6/3/21 at 3:57 pm
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Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:56 pm to nicholastiger
Would that be like 3 years per mile?
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:57 pm to nicholastiger
quote:Doubt it.
he says most of the work in areas like the commercial district of the Perkins Road Overpass will be done more quickly than that.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:58 pm to nicholastiger
I'm sure throwing some biden bucks at it will speed it up and result in higher quality work
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:58 pm to nicholastiger
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Widening project from bridge to 10/12 split could take 23 years
So O/U on 40 years?
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:01 pm to Freauxzen
Over. It will never be completed.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:04 pm to nicholastiger
At 23 years, it would need to be completely redone, revamped, etc....
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:04 pm to nicholastiger
Chinese would knock that shite out in six months.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:06 pm to nicholastiger
The state government is full of losers and rejects. Not all, but most. The only thing that matters is that pension.
source: personal experience.
source: personal experience.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:13 pm to nicholastiger
It took them 3 years + to build a new I-20 interchange on the west side of Ruston. Even longer to build a new north service road on the east side of Ruston. Haven’t been through there lately - not sure if the service road is finished.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:15 pm to nicholastiger
quote:WTF!!! It will be irrelevant by then.
23 years
We’ll either have flying cars or be alien overlord mine slaves by then.
This post was edited on 6/3/21 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:23 pm to Bullfrog
I worked on some projects associated with the new construction of I-49 north of Shreveport. Some of the landowners affected by the new R-O-W told me they were initially approached by LADOT about 20 years before construction started.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:23 pm to nicholastiger
Won’t we be under water by then?
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:28 pm to nicholastiger
In a lot of areas, this would be obsolete in 23 years. But, since everyone is leaving Louisiana it may actually work out. There will be less traffic here in 23 years than today.
Louisiana leaders are smarter than you guys think
Louisiana leaders are smarter than you guys think
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:28 pm to nicholastiger
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Widening project from bridge to 10/12 split could take 23 years
So…46 years? They’ll be repairing shite they laid down 20+yrs before they even get half way.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:29 pm to nicholastiger
You know the project on the road between Natchez and St. Francisville started in 1980. Took em damn near 40 years to transform it from a 2 lane to a 4 lane.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:36 pm to JoePepitone
quote:That service road was under construction when I was a student at LaTech in the 80’s.
It took them 3 years + to build a new I-20 interchange on the west side of Ruston. Even longer to build a new north service road on the east side of Ruston. Haven’t been through there lately - not sure if the service road is finished.
Ironically my Dad’s 1st job as a CE was surveying from Ruston to Monroe for I-20. They would get dropped off in the morning and told where they would be picked up that afternoon. No one ever missed the pickup.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:40 pm to nicholastiger
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But DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says 23 years is a worst case scenario
This is the Louisiana DOTD we're talking about. What fricking reason is there for us to expect anything other than worst case?
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:42 pm to nicholastiger
Seems reasonable
Posted on 6/3/21 at 4:45 pm to nicholastiger
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Widening project from bridge to 10/12 split could take 23 years
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