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Originally Posted by tennis1400
Im just quoting the sources on the matter. Do you have a degree in traffic planning?
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Here's the catch. It's cheaper to tear the interstate down alone vs rebuilding. What they're not saying is that the figure given for the tear down cost does not include any improvements needed to infrastructure after it's torn down.
Most of the information that has been released has been from those in favor of the tear down or those in favor of the LSU project. Not saying that they aren't out there, but all of the drafts, suggestions, and plans that I've seen have either been biased, incomplete, or highly unfeasible.
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Originally Posted by WesternSon
I also think a fact that is commonly overlooked that if the expressway was taken down. You would see a lot of traffic that is just blowing through town would shift to I-12. And i dont think that is a bad thing. If they aren't even gonna stop for gas, what is the loss?
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Nah, I don't think so. Any traffic that comes south of I-12 is going specifically to New Orleans or points south. Traffic on that specific stretch is traffic from Uptown, the Westbank, and the CBD headed to points north of Elysian Fields and vice versa. As a matter of fact traffic in that area averages 110,000 cars a day as of 2010. Thats 40,000 more cars a day than recorded in 2008. The Pontchatrain expressway portion of I-10 peaks at 120,000 cars a day, with I-610 reaching 70,000. That's a lot of traffic to displace with the current level of infrastructure. People act like this is just so simple, but it's not and like I've always said: If a tree lined neutral ground is the cure for blight, what's wrong with the other 70% of town?
If there was a way to do this and make it work like they say that it will work, I would be all for it. As of right now, it's a pipe dream without some serious investment.
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And a billion dollars when it's all said in done is very possible.