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Can Gov Landry contract with Musk for a new MS river bridge near Baton Rouge?

Posted on 9/6/26 at 9:06 am
Posted by America250
Member since Jun 2026
512 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 9:06 am
Elon would get it done in record time.
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
30350 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 9:18 am to
Maybe, but I'd argue that if this SpaceX around Pecan Island thing really is going to happen the way it's been promoted, some sort of bypass connecting I-10 to US 167 avoiding Lafayette might be more important. Construct a connecter between the either Exit 82 (East Crowley) and Exit 87 (Rayne), or between Exit 87 and Exit 92 (Duson).
Posted by TrueTiger
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Member since Sep 2004
84848 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 9:20 am to
Elon’s Boring Co. could get a tunnel done in rapid time.
Posted by ELVIS U
Member since Feb 2007
12086 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 9:31 am to
No, because of the public bids laws in Louisiana, which will insure that it won't get done for decades if at all
Posted by Timeoday
Easter Island
Member since Aug 2020
27969 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 10:03 am to
Will people be able to watch the launches from their front porches on Pecan Island? If not, where could one reside down there and be able to watch the daily fireworks?
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
42831 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 10:06 am to
No but the I-49 extension is a lot more likely now
Posted by SantaFe
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2019
8228 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 10:10 am to
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No, because of the public bids laws in Louisiana, which will insure that it won't get done for decades if at all


Yes that is part of the problem.

Major bottleneck is the homes on South Blvd. and along Myrtle St. have gotten themselves declared as 'historic ' landmarks and makes it more difficult to be removed for new lanes for the new(er) bridge.
Posted by ItzMe1972
Member since Dec 2013
13003 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 10:38 am to
Musk likes to dig tunnels.

Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
43405 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 11:15 am to
If Musk gave us the money to build a new bridge, it would take a minimum of ten years to pick a location.
Posted by RCDfan1950
United States
Member since Feb 2007
40412 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 11:33 am to
Excellent idea. Landry should run with it. Elon can make big stuff happen. Money talks, especially when backed by extraordinary vision.

Being somewhat a 'Nature Romantic', I lament the loss of the Natural Landscape which I have always lived in. Pecan Island is a neat place. But being a Realist, only some sort of monumental collapse can stop the advance of AI/High Tech-based civilization. Even God knew that creating 'separate', Sovereign Entities (Humanity) was going to cause Evil and great pain. But for the cause of Love, here we are.

The best we can hope for is that Jesus is real and fulfills His Promise. Vision of Truth. Heaven on Earth. Eternal Life.
Posted by ChEgrad
Member since Nov 2012
4013 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 12:45 pm to
Elon is a tunnel maker, not a bridge builder.
Posted by NoBoDawg
Member since Feb 2014
2473 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 12:50 pm to
Oh for frick sake
Posted by Chinese Bandit Boy
Member since Jun 2021
1043 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 1:00 pm to
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No, because of the public bids laws in Louisiana, which will insure that it won't get done for decades if at all


Elon builds it. Then offers to sell it to Louisiana. Louisiana puts out notice to bidders that it's purchasing a new bridge and all bidders who have a bridge for sale at that location are free to submit bid. Sorta like Department of Wildlife and fisheries puts out bid for shitty trucks and Ram wins bid
Posted by Portballs
Member since Jun 2025
738 posts
Posted on 9/6/26 at 2:14 pm to
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Construct a connecter between the either Exit 82 (East Crowley) and Exit 87 (Rayne), or between Exit 87 and Exit 92 (Duson).


That's already been determined....
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