Letter: Proposals for loop are infuriating
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I was born in Plaquemine, and even though my family moved to Baton Rouge when I started school, I CHOSE to return to West Baton Rouge Parish because I liked the small town feel, yet was close enough to Baton Rouge.
The proposed loop plans are infuriating. It seems pointless to put the loop anywhere closer to the new (Interstate 10) bridge than south of Plaquemine.
Our small area has seen huge amounts of growth in the past 10 years, and another bridge and interstate style road will kill that. The new subdivisions will empty, property values will plummet, and it will just be a slight diversion in the traffic.
Look at Atlanta, look at the 410 loop in Texas, look at the loop around D.C. They all go around the edges of the city and the suburbs.
If the loop comes to the Brusly/Addis/Port Allen area, thousands of families will be affected; one of the best school systems in the state will be affected (take away the tax base, and who pays for the schools, huh?).
Please, my fellow citizens of the area, don’t allow this to happen. Not just because I don’t want to have to move, but because you don’t want to see a vibrant, fast-growing, peaceful, and profitable area cut off at the knees.
Jamye Normand
technical services
Addis
