VEROT SCHOOL RD PROJECT DELAYED

[TBEAR]

Read the interesting article in todays paper:

www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060123/NEWS01/601230309/1002

Seems now they want to delay it a year more and put the blame on the State "because of drainage work required by the state, said Pat Logan, city-parish associate public works director."

They knew this all along and should have been obtaining right-aways and correcting the drainage issue long time ago.

[sassy820]

You know what gets me ..... It is not like they have not known for years that Verot School rd. needed to be widened !!! Now that we have several more people here in Lafayette and they are planning to stay should just be all the more reason to get their act together and get the work done that is very much needed. Around where I live there are four More neighborhoods being built All these neighborhoods are going to dump out onto Verot School rd. Now the houses are going up faster than ever before ( which just goes to show people would rather live out this way than in other places that I am sure have homes available in Lafayette ) Now what are they going to do about repairing the road and how much harder is it actually going to be when the traffic is doubled or triple the flow than it is now ??

[TBEAR]

ditto!!!

[zoe10850]

Did anyone see the guest editorial in the paper today? Was by Pat LeBlanc, and was discussing a no nonsense approach to Verot School Road, and keeping up with growth.
I know it will not happen because to accomplish the proposal would require Governor BlankStare to make a decision and actually commit resources.

I do not think any law prevents a locale from funding a project on their own if the state has no funds, and anyone who read Mr LeBlanc's comments (he is an architect and head of homebuilders association), will see that traffic may double in next two years. Do we really want to wait for that to do something ?

Perhaps our "planning commission" should place a moratorium on construction until roads are able to handle proposed traffic. Nah, that would require planning, and might upset some builders (contributers).

[TBEAR]

I'm sure he is aggravated with the traffic too since he lives on Verot so he knows what its all about. And your right they should stop construction until having the roads to handle the traffic.

[percy]

Would Mr. LeBlanc be so passionate about the delay of the project if he had not recently built a mansion on Verot?