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Originally Posted by Blitzen
If you don't think this option is possible, look at the Claiborne and Florida Avenue Bridge replacement projects which have sat idle for years.
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St. Claude, not Claiborne. The Claiborne bridge is in good shape, it just needs a bigger budget for repainting.
The St. Claude project is tied up in the Industrial Canal lock replacement project... the Army Corps pledged to replace the bridge as part of the project, but the neighborhood keeps fighting the lock tooth and nail. IMO the lock project should be scaled down... there's no need for deep-draft anymore, but the current lock is on its last legs and needs replacement badly. Same goes for the bridge.
Besides, I'm tired of Jefferson Parish getting all the funding. The Causeway interchange cost nearly $100 million. The I-10 widenings have cost twice that much. The Twin Spans project was technically in Orleans Parish, but that was a storm-recovery project primarily, and the extra lane was gravy.