[BR Today]

The Louisiana Environmental Action Network has published an article on its website that outlines how the Baton Rouge Loop project shows one route going right through and undeveloped section of the Spanish Lake Basin. Here is the article:

You probably know that there is a "Loop" in development for Baton Rouge. What you may not know is that a number of the routes being considered for the loop would bring it right through the Spanish Lake Basin / Alligator Bayou / Bluff Swamp area. This area is a true ecological and cultural treasure and we need your help to make sure that it is not damaged by the loop project. What you also should know is that this is a "public-private partnership" that will be constructing a toll-road. It is not just a public project and we are told that the loop must make money. We must make sure that short-sighted monetary gains do not cause irreparable damage to this irreplaceable area. One of the possible southern routes that has been proposed by loop planners follows the existing Hwy. 30 (Nicholson) corridor. It would avoid the Spanish Lake area but the makers of the loop do not seem to prefer this route because they do not think it will make as much toll revenues as the routes to the north. Please take action! Contact the loop planners and tell them what you think!
We believe that any impact to the ecological or cultural integrity of the Spanish Lake Basin is unacceptable.

Photos and more information available at their website.

[LSU Mike]

Very interesting, but I think people see the loop as something that would destroy wildlife in the area. Look at the Atchafalaya basin bridge. Its one of the hottest fishing/hunting spots in the area and I-10 runs right through it. That's exactly how the loop would be in the Spanish Lake area.