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Work to begin on Government Street reconfiguration on Jan 8
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:19 am
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:19 am
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Government Street road diet
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After years on the drawing board, the Government Street road diet finally has a groundbreaking date.
City and local officials met with contractors Wednesday morning and agreed to begin construction Jan. 8, said Fred Raiford, the city-parish director of transportation and drainage.
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The road diet is intended to slim the four-lane thoroughfare to three lanes — two travel lanes and a center turning lane — along most of its stretch between Interstate 110 and Lobdell Boulevard. The portion between North Foster and Jefferson will remain four lanes. There will also be a new roundabout at the juncture of Government and Lobdell.
Trimming the road is intended to allow space for sidewalks, bike lanes and trees.
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When work on the road diet begins, crews will start by removing asphalt along the outside lanes near downtown, and construction will move along from west to east, Raiford said. The project is scheduled to last 380 contractor days, or about a year and a half of total time, he said.
This post was edited on 11/30/17 at 9:33 am
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Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:21 am to member12
I really, really dislike the term "road diet".
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:23 am to member12
This is going to a clusterfrick of epic proportions, the likes of which Baton Rouge has never seen
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:23 am to member12
Other than the roundabout at Government and Lobdell, this is going to be a disaster even by Baton Rouge standards.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:23 am to member12
A roundabout should go over great right there
A trial attorney should build an office next to it
A trial attorney should build an office next to it
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:23 am to Evil Little Thing
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I really, really dislike the term "road diet".
Government street will be forced to eat vegetables.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:25 am to member12
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The project is scheduled to last 380 contractor days, or about a year and a half of total time, he said.
Multiply that by a factor of retard and this project will be completed by summer of 2020.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:25 am to tom
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Other than the roundabout at Government and Lobdell, this is going to be a disaster even by Baton Rouge standards.
Construction is going to suck (and will probably take 45 years), but I think the pedestrian, parking, and turn lane improvements will be a very good thing for that area.
This post was edited on 11/30/17 at 8:27 am
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:28 am to member12
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The road diet is intended to slim the four-lane thoroughfare to three lanes
You cant be serious...what assclown at the city thinks this is a great idea?
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between Interstate 110 and Lobdell Boulevard. The portion between North Foster and Jefferson will remain four lanes.
Translation, we will keep this section 4 lanes to better handle the impending traffic bottleneck thats about to happen from the complete frick up by our inept staff for approving such an idiotic "road diet" plan by taking away two travel lanes on a high traffic hwy.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:29 am to ThatMakesSense
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The project is scheduled to last 380 contractor days, or about a year and a half of total time, he said.
Fuuuuuuuck. Guess i'll be taking north everywhere after new years
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:29 am to member12
BR traffic is glowing so well its time to shrink the roads.
Government Street is the second longest East West road that serves downtown. It is a state highway and will be "demoted".
Traffic from the Broadmoor area, Jefferson Hwy. area, Goodwood, etc. could use it to drive to Downtown BR in lieu of the interstate. Now they want to shrink it.
If they wanted to build a nice East/West avenue serving downtown why not use Convention Street or one of the lesser streets for their "experiment"?
Why use one of the two more prominent streets?
It's a crazy experiment, but this is how BR rolls. A handful of people concoct a scheme like this and next thing you know it moves forward.
Government Street is the second longest East West road that serves downtown. It is a state highway and will be "demoted".
Traffic from the Broadmoor area, Jefferson Hwy. area, Goodwood, etc. could use it to drive to Downtown BR in lieu of the interstate. Now they want to shrink it.
If they wanted to build a nice East/West avenue serving downtown why not use Convention Street or one of the lesser streets for their "experiment"?
Why use one of the two more prominent streets?
It's a crazy experiment, but this is how BR rolls. A handful of people concoct a scheme like this and next thing you know it moves forward.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:32 am to member12
Well this is fricking dumb.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:33 am to member12
This is going to be a fricking disaster.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:34 am to member12
The two middle lanes are essentially already turn lanes, so I don't see the road losing much or any capacity. The bus thing is bad, but hopefully that can get added in. They also need to do roundabouts at Foster, Acadian, Park, and Jefferson.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:34 am to member12
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but I think the pedestrian, parking, and turn lane improvements will be a very good thing for that area.
It will make getaways more difficult for the criminals
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:34 am to member12
Going from 2 to 1 lane in each direction is going to make getting to the turn lane take forever. And even when traffic is relatively light you'll be stuck behind a jalopy going 20-under.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:35 am to member12
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and a center turning lane
How many head on collisions per day we talking here from people turning left or pulling out to merge? I see it a fair amount on Jefferson HWY by Essen now.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:36 am to doubleb
Traffic will be shite going towards downtown from Foster and eastward. Shouldn't be too bad the other direction as many times people turning left in the lane clog up the roads already. Wrecks will certainly affect it more. I'm not sure how I feel about this.
It'd be nice if it were convention instead for sure.
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If they wanted to build a nice East/West avenue serving downtown why not use Convention Street or one of the lesser streets for their "experiment"?
It'd be nice if it were convention instead for sure.
This post was edited on 11/30/17 at 8:38 am
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:36 am to CuseTiger
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Guess i'll be taking north everywhere after new years
Or Florida
Posted on 11/30/17 at 8:36 am to member12
Because traffic is so light in BR it's time to shrink roads.
The million $ studies lied
The million $ studies lied
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