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Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:35 am to Ljcoonass
We need to vote another road tax in first
Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:35 am to Ljcoonass
Swollen Mississippi causing delays in road construction on Sherwood Forest
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Since April, Sherwood Forest Boulevard has been under construction.
The project was supposed to be completed around mid-June, however, a swollen Mississippi River has caused construction to grind to a halt.
Construction delays on Sherwood Forest Blvd. causing problems for businesses
“Right now, because of flooding conditions on all the rivers, it’s created a real problem getting that type of material that we need here,” said Fred Raiford, director of Transportation and Drainage Department for Baton Rouge.
Raiford says crews are using a special type of asphalt that’s only available in Arkansas.
“The type of material that we’re using is what they call a 2F,” he said. “It’s a higher grade asphalt, you know, it’s very, it has a lot of strength to it because when you’re carrying 35,000 cars a day, you want to be sure that whatever you put down lasts for a long time.”
Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:41 am to sec13rowBBseat28
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Raiford says crews are using a special type of asphalt that’s only available in Arkansas.
“The type of material that we’re using is what they call a 2F,” he said. “It’s a higher grade asphalt, you know, it’s very, it has a lot of strength to it because when you’re carrying 35,000 cars a day, you want to be sure that whatever you put down lasts for a long time.”
Because Sherwood Forest is one of the busiest roads in the country...
Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:41 am to Ljcoonass
How did they gather the asphalt for highland rd?
Posted on 7/24/19 at 7:27 am to udtiger
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Considering their goal is the road "diet"
WTF did we just have a tax increase to add lanes to roads and we are REDUCING lanes on Government street and River road?
Posted on 7/24/19 at 7:44 am to sec13rowBBseat28
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It’s a higher grade asphalt, you know, it’s very, it has a lot of strength to it
I read this in Sean Payton’s voice.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 8:16 am to Gorilla Ball
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How did they gather the asphalt for highland rd?
Different grade of asphalt maybe?
Posted on 7/24/19 at 8:23 am to fightin tigers
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Both the Sherwood Forest and Government street jobs are Barber Brother jobs.
The Sherwood Forest resurfacing project is not a Barber Bros. project. Forby Contracting is performing the project.
From what I have heard Barriere Construction is the paving subcontractor and they are possibly using the river stage as an excuse to delay the project because they got a little over booked.
This post was edited on 7/24/19 at 8:25 am
Posted on 7/24/19 at 8:30 am to Mike da Tigah
quote:same thing happened to bluebonnet. but it got done. they just re paved highland from seigen to highland this past week.
Man, I was just thinking of making a post on this today. It’s absurd. Tear it up and it just sits there.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 8:32 am to civiltiger07
Maybe I m just being a little too logical here but why on earth would you demo the old road unless you knew for sure you had the materials to repave it????
Posted on 7/24/19 at 8:47 am to OysterPoBoy
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It’s payback for St George. If you don’t suckle from the mayors teet you can expect delays from now on.
Cause that will defeat the STG ballot measure...
Posted on 7/24/19 at 9:08 am to LSU Tigershark
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I know asphalt plants have had trouble getting rock down the river from Kentucky due to the Mississippi River levels
This is absolutely the reason why. There are lawsuits and liens galore going down b/c of projects around the region being held up by the flooding. Lots of finger-pointing going on. I just found out this was an issue two weeks ago and it was from the horses mouth(attorneys).
So I can vouch you're not offbase here.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 9:10 am to MikeBRLA
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Maybe I m just being a little too logical here but why on earth would you demo the old road unless you knew for sure you had the materials to repave it????
That's why there are lawsuits being filed. Contractors are saying "Hey I can't get my stuff b/c of the high river. Act of God. blah blah." while cities/private sector leaders are trying to levy fines and saying "tough shite you should have back up plans for the asphalt/materials".
It's a mess b/c it's so uncommon.
This post was edited on 7/24/19 at 9:12 am
Posted on 7/24/19 at 9:23 am to Ljcoonass
They'll wait till school starts to begin work
Posted on 7/24/19 at 9:29 am to mikelbr
If its regional, I'm assuming TX would have slowdowns as well. Why would the sherwood forest be a higher grade asphalt than Highland Road?
Posted on 7/24/19 at 9:32 am to mikelbr
They have to ship it by river? Why can’t they use rail or 18-wheelers? How do regions not around a large river ever get anything done?
This post was edited on 7/24/19 at 9:34 am
Posted on 7/24/19 at 9:46 am to Ljcoonass
Those of us that own businesses and commercial property are getting frick screwed over this whole deal. The started digging up the road back in February or March and just left it there.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 9:47 am to Mike da Tigah
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Man, I was just thinking of making a post on this today. It’s absurd. Tear it up and it just sits there.
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delayed due to the high water levels of the river
That bitch mayor, Broomstick, would have imported blacktop if it was for Nort Baton Rudge.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 9:51 am to HotKoolaid
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Those of us that own businesses and commercial property are getting frick screwed over this whole deal.
How so? I’m genuinely curious.
This post was edited on 7/24/19 at 9:52 am
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