Letter: Loop wanted, but not close to home
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For as long as I can remember, the discussion of a loop has been going on.
People continually have been arguing that a city of Baton Rouge’s size should have begun the process of building a loop years before. Always at the top of the list of complaints was our elected officials being inept, crooked, not having enough vision for our future etc.
Now we have discussions, town meetings and the like, and all I hear from everyone is, “Don’t put the loop in my yard; put it in John Doe’s yard.”
As Mayor Pro Tem Joe Greco said, “I hate to be negative on something like this, but when it runs close to my backyard, it hits close to home.” Or another resident’s comment to “put it in the country.”
If it is put too far out it won’t really help much, nor will it generate enough tolls to help pay for it. Did anyone really think a loop would not displace anyone?
True to past performances, it will probably turn into another ugly political debate and another few million dollars will have been wasted, and I will grow considerably older listening to people complain about our politicians not doing enough to get us a loop!
Terran Shelton
self-employed
Walker
People continually have been arguing that a city of Baton Rouge’s size should have begun the process of building a loop years before. Always at the top of the list of complaints was our elected officials being inept, crooked, not having enough vision for our future etc.
Now we have discussions, town meetings and the like, and all I hear from everyone is, “Don’t put the loop in my yard; put it in John Doe’s yard.”
As Mayor Pro Tem Joe Greco said, “I hate to be negative on something like this, but when it runs close to my backyard, it hits close to home.” Or another resident’s comment to “put it in the country.”
If it is put too far out it won’t really help much, nor will it generate enough tolls to help pay for it. Did anyone really think a loop would not displace anyone?
True to past performances, it will probably turn into another ugly political debate and another few million dollars will have been wasted, and I will grow considerably older listening to people complain about our politicians not doing enough to get us a loop!
Terran Shelton
self-employed
Walker
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