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re: WBRZ - Lawmakers to push toll route through Baton Rouge
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:39 pm to fightin tigers
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:39 pm to fightin tigers
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Loop through manchac swamp? Good luck with that.
I was looking earlier and 74 has no on ramp and has plenty of room if they built an expressway next to it, elevated. Would be little if any effect to the existing swamplands there. And the only neighborhoods closer to 73 would be remotely affected. Upper middle class folks like Willcover might bitch and moan but that's maybe 1500 residents?
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Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:41 pm to Y.A. Tittle
What is funny about this? I am sure they could buy out a lot of peoples' property and make it happen. But it just doesn't seem worth it with all the empty space south of Plaquemine.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:42 pm to fightin tigers
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Loop through manchac swamp? Good luck with that.
Because there's never been an interstate built through a swamp before?
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:44 pm to SmellslikeKevinBacon
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What is funny about this? I am sure they could buy out a lot of peoples' property and make it happen. But it just doesn't seem worth it with all the empty space south of Plaquemine.
Right. The size of Plaquemine itself seems rather insignificant in this discussion. What is it, like 10 blocks wide along the river.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:45 pm to Golfer
This will likely be better than any plan our good ol boy legislators propose.
If you could connect i10 and i12 through prairievile and denham/walker then you'd only need one bypass instead of two. I'm guessing a northern bypass would be cheaper.
This post was edited on 3/12/14 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:45 pm to Asgard Device
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and turn Airline Hwy into an interstate from i12 to well across the bridge and back to i10.
That was part of the original plan.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:47 pm to SmellslikeKevinBacon
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Cries of racism would rain down from the heavens if they tried that. There is a whole lot of nothing south of plaq.
Agreed on both points. The only issues I could see with going south of Plaquemine is having to deal with whatever historical groups would get up in arms due to the demlition necessary to go through Plaq, or having to swing around it and thus incur other charges of racism.
Either way it would take some strong leadership to get it done and I just don't see that particular ingredient anywhere.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:49 pm to Y.A. Tittle
about 12k people
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:52 pm to Asgard Device
It pisses me off every time I go to Texas and see these state highways that are built to interstate grade with full service roads and access every 2 miles or so to cross.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:53 pm to Bard
agree there is a good bit of historically protected properties by the old locks. plus the town has been doing a lot of renovations there making a park on the bayou by the locks. There is no way they are giving that up after all the money they are dumping into that area of town.
When the loop was being discussed our parish president was pushing for a bridge in south plaquemine. when it was denied, it was no bridge in our parish then no loop through our parish.
When the loop was being discussed our parish president was pushing for a bridge in south plaquemine. when it was denied, it was no bridge in our parish then no loop through our parish.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:54 pm to Bard
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Because there's never been an interstate built through a swamp before?
This ain't the 70's or 80's
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:55 pm to fightin tigers
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This ain't the 70's or 80's
I'm still not getting your point.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:56 pm to SmellslikeKevinBacon
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When the loop was being discussed our parish president was pushing for a bridge in south plaquemine. when it was denied, it was no bridge in our parish then no loop through our parish.
Where was a bridge proposed? Around the White Castle ferry?
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:58 pm to mikelbr
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I was looking earlier and 74 has no on ramp and has plenty of room if they built an expressway next to it, elevated. Would be little if any effect to the existing swamplands there. And the only neighborhoods closer to 73 would be remotely affected. Upper middle class folks like Willcover might bitch and moan but that's maybe 1500 residents?
74 or cut through a lot of plant buffer land and tie in where corner view meets. Honestly grabbing hwy 30 once across the river would make the best plan.
Until a plant blew up and shut it down.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:58 pm to Bard
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I'm still not getting your point.
I think he is saying construction and environmental mitigation costs would be cost prohibitive.
You'd be better off plowing through some neighborhoods in p-ville to get a northern bypass.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:58 pm to Bard
If I remember correctly somewhere before White Castle was one of the proposed sights for it.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:59 pm to tetu
between plaquemine and geimar is a must
it would alleviate a shite ton of traffic
it would alleviate a shite ton of traffic
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:59 pm to Bard
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I'm still not getting your point.
Protected wetlands.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 2:00 pm to TheDoc
All that plant traffic not having to go through BR to get home would work wonders for traffic in the area. i would say with or without a loop a bridge is still needed.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 2:01 pm to Geauxld Finger
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this summer, repave the streets in the northgate area
won't happen cause it makes too much sense to do it in the summer. they'll wait till September- just as the fall semester begins. That way the can have the biggest impact at inconveniencing the most people.
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