ASCENSION PARISH, LA (WAFB) -
The idea of connecting Livingston
and Ascension Parishes with a parkway gained some steam Wednesday night.
Residents in Ascension Parish attended an open house at Lakeside Primary that presented
three proposed routes designed to streamline travel between a handful of
communities.
"We actually live on one of the
proposed routes which is 931 which would affect us and many others that have
been there for years and years," said one local resident.
The project is in its early
stages but serious enough that the two parishes, along with the state, have
already invested $250,000 into a feasibility study.
"You already have a combined of
almost 22 to 23,000 cars a day and with a projected doubling of population of
both parishes in the next 20 years, you are going to need a route from I-10 to
I-12," said Ascension Parish Senior Project Manager Ray Miller.
As the project moves forward, new
routes and alternatives may be added and so will efforts designed at maximizing
resources to aid with development.
"When it comes to doing the
actual environmental study and boots on the ground there will be one to two
hundred measurements and lining out where facility will be," added Miller.
A process that many residents
plan to be a part of every step of the way.
"It will affect the school it
will affect all the people that live in the area so we're very concerned
about being involved in the process and how they're going to make their
choices."
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