Post by pavel on May 5, 2016 6:17:48 GMT -6
LAFAYETTE -- Members of an I-49 Connector citizens committee who want to discuss alternatives to an interstate through the middle of the city have been asked by the state Department of Transportation and Development to consider stepping down.
In an email sent Tuesday to members of the I-49 Connector Community Working Group, DOTD project manager Toby Picard said the project “must be” a controlled access freeway that meets interstate requirements.
His note comes after some members of the group pushed at a meeting last week to explore a multi-lane boulevard rather than a partially elevated six-lane interstate, citing concerns about a large freeway dividing the city and fouling local traffic and development patterns.
Picard and DOTD consultants dismissed the suggestion during the meeting, questioning whether a boulevard could handle projected traffic in the coming decades and saying federal guidelines would prevent transforming an interstate project into a boulevard project.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/15691227-125/dotd-says-i-49-connector-likely-will-be-interstate-citizens-who-want-alternative-should-step-down-fr
In an email sent Tuesday to members of the I-49 Connector Community Working Group, DOTD project manager Toby Picard said the project “must be” a controlled access freeway that meets interstate requirements.
His note comes after some members of the group pushed at a meeting last week to explore a multi-lane boulevard rather than a partially elevated six-lane interstate, citing concerns about a large freeway dividing the city and fouling local traffic and development patterns.
Picard and DOTD consultants dismissed the suggestion during the meeting, questioning whether a boulevard could handle projected traffic in the coming decades and saying federal guidelines would prevent transforming an interstate project into a boulevard project.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/15691227-125/dotd-says-i-49-connector-likely-will-be-interstate-citizens-who-want-alternative-should-step-down-fr