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re: $35 million to widen/improve Lee Drive in Baton Rouge?
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:22 pm to TigersSEC2010
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:22 pm to TigersSEC2010
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The squad of officers in Tigerland are on-duty and pulled from other assignments to sit there and babysit on busy nights so the patrol officers for that precinct can focus on responding to calls.
That’s even more embarrassing because they watch 17-20 year olds get hammered drunk and get in their vehicles and drive away
This post was edited on 12/10/18 at 2:23 pm
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Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:34 pm to wildtigercat93
Trust me, those cops are radio-ing in that stuff to their buddies so they can hand out plenty of dui and mip tickets. They’re not losing money setting up outside tigerland
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:38 pm to member12
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I thought it failed the first time and passed in 2006 amid the post-Katrina traffic gridlock.
Your 2006 date is correct.
However it passed first go found.
GL 2 failed in 2016
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:49 pm to WallsAllAroundMe
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So, we won't see any work from this tax passage until football season, TWO years from now. Why wouldn't they pass a tax for this without at least 1 or 2 of the projects ready to go?
You are an idiot. That quote is trying to say that work will be underway while Broome is bidding for re-election.
The full quote from the article is:
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What is true in the interim is that there will be orange barrels out there by the fall of 2020. That’s when Broome might decide to seek re-election. And when you’re punctuating your re-election campaign with groundbreakings and ribbon cuttings, it makes a one-term mayor look good for a second.
Read this:
Planning underway on hope that MovEBR tax will win approval
Some of the highlights:
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it will still be several months before money is actually available to spend. The bonds that will pay for the first $111 million worth of projects, for instance, won’t be issued until April. Then, once the money is available the city will have to go through the procurement process, get approval from the Metro Council for the various contracts and run it all through the parish purchasing department, which takes several months.
In the meantime, Raiford says he can also begin working on acquiring new software for signal light synchronization—something that can be done relatively quickly and produce results that motorists will notice. “By mid-summer you could see new ‘smart’ signal lights up and running,” he says.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:52 pm to doubleb
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doubleb
And since I know you are interested in a priority list. Here is a quote from the article in my previous post:
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“We will look at traffic volume, accidents, ease of right-of-way acquisition, potential environmental issues and things like that to factor into our priority ranking,” he [Fred Raiford] says.
Though it’s too soon to say for sure, among the top three projects likely to be addressed first are the widening of Hooper Road, the widening of Old Hammond Highway and the construction of the Picardy-Perkins connector.
“I will establish the priority list as soon as possible,” Raiford says, adding he will work to get “information to the people about our priorities, how they were established and let people know what we got.”
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:53 pm to fallguy_1978
BR city planners
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:57 pm to doubleb
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Your 2006 date is correct.
However it passed first go found.
GL 2 failed in 2016
Gotcha.
Yeah the appetite for property taxes (especially for roads) is pretty low in Baton Rouge. It makes sense for consumption taxes to be applied for that since the population of EBR probably nearly doubles during the day. Sales taxes (and fuel taxes) would help capture some revenue from suburban commuters and visitors.
This post was edited on 12/10/18 at 2:59 pm
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:01 pm to GeauxPack81
Exactly, so why is the Advocate writer saying the projects won't begin until 2020?
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:04 pm to member12
The 2016 was a property tax and an extension of the current half cent tax.
Now we get another sales tax.
Personally I like property taxes because I could deduct them per IRS. Not sales tax.
Now we get another sales tax.
Personally I like property taxes because I could deduct them per IRS. Not sales tax.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:29 pm to doubleb
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Exactly, so why is the Advocate writer saying the projects won't begin until 2020?
He was trying to say that these projects will be under construction when Broome is up for re-election. I quoted the full quote in previous post.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 4:08 pm to member12
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Sales taxes (and fuel taxes) would help capture some revenue from suburban commuters and visitors.
Bingo, but the fuel tax got shot down last year in the legislature. Didn't even make it to the floor because the powers at be from North Louisiana didn't want to pay taxes for road construction they won't see. However, everyone I know from N.LA that drives through BR a couple times of year bitch like and hell, and say "I don't know how y'all deal with that everyday"
Meanwhile, Louisiana has one of the lowest gas taxes in the country and barely enough money to maintain the roads we have with a mountain of a backlog of road and bridge repairs and improvements. Let the people vote on it, not the legislature.
This post was edited on 12/10/18 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 12/10/18 at 4:08 pm to GeauxPack81
Good, like Raiford said, things should pick up after they get geared up.
Tax kicks in April 1.
Oh and they are already pushing another tax for regional infrastructure.
Tax kicks in April 1.
Oh and they are already pushing another tax for regional infrastructure.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 4:12 pm to doubleb
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Oh and they are already pushing another tax for regional infrastructure.
Based on what is stated in that same article, this looks like one of those instances where the lack of a gas tax increase has caught up with us.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 4:48 pm to doubleb
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Oh and they are already pushing another tax for regional infrastructure.
Saw that. I think Bernhard was more trying to give the surrounding parishes a kick in the rear. Still, he is an idiot for trying to bring up another tax 2 days after passing 2 taxes. Don't push your luck man.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 5:21 pm to GeauxPack81
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Saw that. I think Bernhard was more trying to give the surrounding parishes a kick in the rear. Still, he is an idiot for trying to bring up another tax 2 days after passing 2 taxes. Don't push your luck man.
East Baton Rouge is the only parish in the region that's taxing itself to improve its infrastructure.
I wouldn't want to see the "region" pay for anything until Livingston and Ascension start stepping up to the plate themselves.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 5:25 pm to member12
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East Baton Rouge is the only parish in the region that's taxing itself to improve its infrastructure.
I wouldn't want to see the "region" pay for anything until Livingston and Ascension start stepping up to the plate themselves.
It needs to be funded with tolls and any tax needs to be regional. EBRP residents shouldn't have to foot the bill for commuters who this would largely benefit.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 5:33 pm to lowhound
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Bingo, but the fuel tax got shot down last year in the legislature. Didn't even make it to the floor because the powers at be from North Louisiana didn't want to pay taxes for road construction they won't see. However, everyone I know from N.LA that drives through BR a couple times of year bitch like and hell, and say "I don't know how y'all deal with that everyday"
Meanwhile, Louisiana has one of the lowest gas taxes in the country and barely enough money to maintain the roads we have with a mountain of a backlog of road and bridge repairs and improvements. Let the people vote on it, not the legislature.
A diesel and gasoline tax in the parishes within the Baton Rouge metro, combined with tolls, should really help kick off infrastructure with regional scope.
Things like bridges over the Amite River, Intracoastal, or Mississippi River or some kind of regional expressway would fall under that body's responsibilities.
If they use those "regional" tax dollars to widen collector roads in Livingston Parish or Ascension Parish, it will be a failure. Ascension and Livingston need to take care of their own shite.
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