[BR Today]

City officials say that loop around Baton Rouge is coming, and they have the first planning steps to prove it, and a new logo to go with it.
They're planning an 80-mile road to wrap around the city. Their goal is to relieve some of the heavy traffic that we know plagues our city.
They've come up with this new logo for the project, green, for going ahead with construction.
They say engineering, environmental, and financial challenges are slowing the process. So, Mayor Holden and other community leaders are coming together to map out solutions.
Mayor Kip Holden says, "Without your involvement in this process, then we will have a lot lacking in terms of community input."
Walter Monsour, chief operating officer, says, "You're not here as fluff. We were very deliberate in picking how we were going to do this, how structure community, structure implementation plan."
Leaders from across five parishes say the $4 million they'll get from this year's budget is still not enough to fund this giant construction project.
They estimate it to cost about $4 billion, and even with the money, they say construction will take until the year 2015.

Source: WAFB

[LSU Mike]

It's nice to see this proposal inching its way into reality.

You have got to be kidding. Studies have shown that the traffic problem is caused by LOCAL TRAFFIC. A loop around BR would not only be expensive but would do ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD to relieve the problem. It would not be cost effective and would DESTROY PROPERTY VALUES.

[Red Stick]

You have got to be kidding. Studies have shown that the traffic problem is caused by LOCAL TRAFFIC. A loop around BR would not only be expensive but would do ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD to relieve the problem. It would not be cost effective and would DESTROY PROPERTY VALUES.

Yes because property that is 20 miles from the nearest interstate is worth much more than property near an interstate, restaurants, stores, etc.