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[ZoomZoom]

Speaking of big projects, the Lafayette 49 Connector. The “excuse” has long been “we have to do it in phases.” How the heck do you do an elevated roadway in phases?

And seeing this article linked below, have to call our local delegation out. Too busy playing in the Huey Long parochial game with “One Acadiana” instead on manning up. Alabama is getting a 3 billion dollar project, 3 times what the Connector is estimated at.

https://www.fox10tv.com/2025/03/24/a...b4hBSqpiws3ag#

But just watch, the BR delegation will unite soon and push the necessity of the new bridge south of BR based on the steel mill while Acadiana will still be in a circle jerk with the tail wagging the dog.

Kind of like consolation. Seen this dance before, Lafayette gives their leverage away.

[RaisingCajun08]

We dont need an elevated roadway. We need a loop. Hwy 90 between airport and I-10 just needs to be left alone.

[ZoomZoom]

We dont need an elevated roadway. We need a loop. Hwy 90 between airport and I-10 just needs to be left alone.

Never happen. Basic geometry, shortest distance between two points. Die was cast in 1959. Besides, NOBODY in the outlying areas want a limited access road, they want Ambassador Caffery south.

[RaisingCajun08]

Never happen. Basic geometry, shortest distance between two points. Die was cast in 1959. Besides, NOBODY in the outlying areas want a limited access road, they want Ambassador Caffery south.

I agree 100% that it will never happen. But that is what's needed.

[HelmutVII]

The connector should have been built years ago. Many influential people were pushing for the Teche Ridge project. Some were concerned about the issue with the ground contamination at the old Southern Pacific roundhouse. (there is an abandoned freight facility there now). My view is this. They have settled on the route and the damn thing needs to be built. The condition of the area around the through way is deplorable the only things that cannot be disturbed are the water plant, St. Genevieve church and the railroad tracks. To me everything else is fair game because there is not much in the route worth saving. If today, they got 3 or 4 Cat D9 bulldozers and started at willow street followed the adopted route and stopped at the river, it would be a good thing.

[VObserver]

Speaking of big projects, the Lafayette 49 Connector. The “excuse” has long been “we have to do it in phases.” How the heck do you do an elevated roadway in phases?

And seeing this article linked below, have to call our local delegation out. Too busy playing in the Huey Long parochial game with “One Acadiana” instead on manning up. Alabama is getting a 3 billion dollar project, 3 times what the Connector is estimated at.

https://www.fox10tv.com/2025/03/24/a...b4hBSqpiws3ag#

But just watch, the BR delegation will unite soon and push the necessity of the new bridge south of BR based on the steel mill while Acadiana will still be in a circle jerk with the tail wagging the dog.

Kind of like consolation. Seen this dance before, Lafayette gives their leverage away.

You are a little late. The BR delegation got that bridge [the Sunshine Bridge] built decades ago; probably to give legislators a shortcut to the Basin to go fishing.

[ZoomZoom]

When the state had the dog and pony show last year, “allegedly” they overlooked the ROW for the service road overpasses at the train tracks. Also was concerned about the present I-10 overpass and the start of the rise for the overpass at Willow.

You’d think these details would have been considered already.

Got a governor, a lame duck president and legislative alignment nationally. Get it funded now, these stars won’t stay aligned forever.

[Duckster]

We dont need an elevated roadway. We need a loop. Hwy 90 between airport and I-10 just needs to be left alone.

What Helmut said about the thruway area, the mega project Connector footprint is decided upon. Get it done.
There's been lines on a map for a western (Duson to Youngsville) bypass since at least the 80's. The region could use the western bypass, maybe if were a limited access toll road it could get built, not interfere with I-49 financing. There's still lines on map for Ambassador Caffery north. I don't know why, but still dead in the water. Would be nice if at least extended to Hwy 98/Gloria Switch. Makes you wonder where all our taxpayer money goes.

[Cajunrunner]

Makes you wonder where all our taxpayer money goes.

The unprecedented state intervention into the city's homelessness crisis drew a mixed local response after it launched ahead of Super Bowl LIX. After state officials kicked off widespread sweeps of the city's homeless encampments, some city officials said the effort — which came with a price tag of up to $17.5 million — was a poor use of resources and that it would threaten existing city housing initiatives.

Representatives for both Cantrell and Landry declined to comment on Monday. Business owner Shane Guidry, the governor's point person on New Orleans affairs, did not respond to a request for comment.

It is unclear how much the state ultimately paid to operate the shelter. An initial, two-month contract for more than $11 million expired on March 11 and was renewed for another two weeks on a week-by-week basis. Extending it for a full 30 days would have put the total cost at $17.5 million, according to the contract.

Last week, Landry's administration included the costs of operating the shelter in a $50 million funding request to the federal government to reimburse the state for spending on preparations for Super Bowl LIX and Mardi Gras.

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/l...1d67f.amp.html

[ZoomZoom]

You are a little late. The BR delegation got that bridge [the Sunshine Bridge] built decades ago; probably to give legislators a shortcut to the Basin to go fishing.

The Luling ferry accident got that bridge built, or at least expedited it.

The new bridge, proposed near Gonzales, will still cite the mill as the reason. Just wait and see.

[ZoomZoom]

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/l...1d67f.amp.html

State did it also for Taylor Swift, but quick and w/o mayor involved and no temporary shelter. https://lailluminator.com/2024/10/24/homeless-sweep/

[HelmutVII]

The Luling ferry accident got that bridge built, or at least expedited it.

The new bridge, proposed near Gonzales, will still cite the mill as the reason. Just wait and see.

I thought the Hale Boggs bridge was because of the Luling ferry accident.