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1. BRIGHTSIDE DRIVE
What: Provide a three-lane section for Brightside Drive from River Road to west of Nicholson Drive, including sidewalks and dedicated bike lanes on both sides of the road. Will tie into the Nicholson at Brightside/West Lee Drive improvements. Will be constructed within the existing right of way.
Estimated cost: $13.6 million • Status: Design • Expected completion: Not available
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2. BURBANK DRIVE [SEGMENT 1]
What: Improving signals and intersections and adding more travel and turn lanes so that Burbank Drive will be a four-lane boulevard from West Lee Drive to Bluebonnet Boulevard.
Expected cost: $12.4 million • Status: Under construction
Expected completion: April 2009 View photo »
3. BURBANK DRIVE [SEGMENT 2]
What: Improving signals and intersections and adding more travel and turn lanes so that Burbank Drive will be a four-lane boulevard from Bluebonnet Boulevard to Siegen Lane.
Expected cost: $7.3 million • Status: Under construction • Expected completion: Oct. 2008 View photo »
4. CENTRAL THRUWAY
What: Almost a mile of new roadway, and bridges over Beaver Bayou and Comite River.
Estimated cost: $23.8 million [phase one], $60 million [whole project]
Status: Under construction • Expected completion: Sept. 2010 View photo »
5. COMITE DRIVE
What: Widen from two lanes to three lanes from Plank Road to Comite River, including new bridge over Comite River.
Estimated cost: $13.4 million • Status: Right-of-way acquisitions • Expected completion: Late 2009 View photo »
6. COURSEY BOULEVARD AT SOUTH SHERWOOD FOREST BOULEVARD
What: Adding several turn lanes to the intersection.
Estimated cost: $5.2 million • Status: Final design, right-of-way appraisals • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
7. DOWNTOWN SIGNALIZATION
What: Upgrade traffic signals and communications at 29 intersections and one pedestrian
crosswalk. Signal equipment upgrades, handicap sidewalk ramp construction and interconnection of signals.
Estimated cost: $9.6 million • Status: Contract awarded, work starts this year • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
8. ELM GROVE GARDEN
What: Replace the narrow two-lane open ditch roadway with a two-lane, curb-and-gutter roadway with sidewalks, from 600 feet north of Fairchild Street to Rosenwald Road.
Estimated cost: $4.5 million • Status: Design • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
9. ESSEN LANE AT INTERSTATE 10
What: Add two turn lanes for dual left turns for southbound and northbound Essen Lane. The existing two lanes will be shifted to the east. Also add one lane to the I-10 eastbound on- and off-ramps, and one lane to the westbound on-ramp.
Estimated cost: $4.4 million • Status: Design • Expected completion: Not available
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10. FAIRCHILD-BADLEY ROAD
What: Replace the narrow, two-lane open ditch roadway with a two-lane, curb-and-gutter street with sidewalks. Six hundred feet of the Elm Grove Garden project [from the Fairchild-Badley Road intersection to the bridge 600 feet to the north] will be added to this project to facilitate construction.
Estimated cost: $9.9 million • Status: Design complete; about to begin right-of-way mapping • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
11. FORD STREET
What: Replace the narrow, two-lane, open ditch roadway on Ford Street with two 12-foot travel lanes, sidewalks and a raised median.
Estimated cost: $20.3 million • Status: Design, relocation interviews and appraisals • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
12. FOSTER DRIVE AT GOVERNMENT STREET
What: A left-turn lane off of eastbound and westbound Government Street onto South Foster Drive, and an additional left turn lane from southbound South Foster to eastbound Government.
Estimated cost: $3.9 million • Status: Right-of-way acquisition • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
13. GLEN OAKS DRIVE
What: Convert the two-lane road without shoulders from Plank Road to McClelland Drive into a three-lane, curb-and-gutter road with sidewalks on one side and bike lanes on both sides. Due to the houses along the roadway, the proposed sidewalk will be located at the back of curb, allowing the roadway to fit in the existing 50-foot right-of-way width.
Estimated cost: $8.8 million • Status: Planning • Expected completion: Not available
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14. HIGHLAND ROAD
What: Add lanes and a raised median to Highland Road from Perkins Road to Airline Highway, with new bridge crossings at both Ward’s Creek and Old Ward’s Creek and a crossing at the Kansas City Southern Railroad.
Estimated cost: $31.4 million • Status: Design • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
15. HOOPER ROAD
What: Widen Hooper Road to provide two through lanes in each direction and a raised median from about 2,800 feet east of Blackwater Road to Sullivan Road. Hooper will be widened to a three-lane roadway section from Sullivan to Devall Road.
Estimated cost: $45.6 million • Status: Planning • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
16. JONES CREEK ROAD [SEGMENT 3]
What: Widen Jones Creek Road to provide two through lanes in each direction; add sidewalks, a raised median and a new bridge crossing and realignment at Jones Creek.
Estimated cost: $21.5 million • Status: Design • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
17. JONES CREEK ROAD [SEGMENT 1]
What: Will extend the existing project on Jones Creek Road, from Tiger Bend Road to Coursey Boulevard, south to Jefferson Highway. This four-lane, curb-and-gutter project includes a raised median and sidewalks with a new bridge at Clay Cut Bayou.
Estimated cost: $21.4 million • Status: Planning • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
18. LA. HIGHWAY 64 AT U.S. 61
What: Adding a right-turn lane for northbound U.S. 61, improve the westbound approach of La. 64 to a four-lane divided roadway with raised median and open ditches, and upgrade the signalization for the intersection.
Estimated cost: $1.7 million • Status: Planning • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
19. LOBDELL AVENUE
What: Convert from a two-lane undivided roadway from Independence Boulevard to Florida Boulevard into a four-lane curb and gutter roadway with sidewalks and raised median.
Estimated cost: $6.6 million • Status: Design • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
20. McHUGH ROAD
What: Convert the narrow limestone/asphalt road into a two-lane roadway with shoulders and open ditches, improve horizontal and vertical alignment, new South/Baker Canal crossing.
Estimated cost: $11.1 million • Status: Final design review, rights-of-way acquired • Expected completion: Not available
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21. MT. PLEASANT-ZACHARY ROAD
What: Convert the two-lane roadway without paved shoulders from U.S. 61 to La. Highway 964 to a four-lane divided roadway with a raised median and outside ditches, including a new bridge at Baton Rouge Bayou.
Estimated cost: $25 million • Status: Planning, reviewing traffic impact studies • Expected completion: Not available
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22. NICHOLSON DRIVE [SEGMENT 1]
What: A five-lane, curb-and-gutter roadway with bike lanes on both sides and one sidewalk from 300 feet south of Ben Hur Road to 400 feet south of Gourrier Avenue.
Estimated cost: $42.4 million • Status: Planning • Expected completion: Not available
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23. NICHOLSON DRIVE AT BRIGHTSIDE DRIVE/WEST LEE DRIVE
What: Improve the intersection to include two through lanes and a left turn lane for all four approaches.
Estimated cost: Not available [expected to be funded by Federal Highway Association] • Status: Planning • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
24. NORTH HARRELL’S FERRY ROAD
What: Replace the narrow two-lane, open-ditch roadway with a two-lane, curb-and-gutter roadway, including a continuous center turn lane from 250 feet south of the Old Hammond Highway intersection to 500 feet west of Sherwood Forest Boulevard.
Estimated cost: $3.3 million • Status: Groundbreaking on May 7 • Expected completion: Late this year View photo »
25. OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY [SEGMENT 1]
What: Widen the two-lane roadway to provide two through lanes in each direction with sidewalks and a raised median from Boulevard de Province to 1,135 feet west of Millerville Road, with new bridge crossings at Jones Creek and Lively Bayou.
Estimated cost: $26 million • Status: Design • Expected completion: Not available
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26. OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY [SEGMENT 2]
What: Widen the current two-lane roadway to provide two through lanes in each direction and a raised median from 1,135 feet east of Millerville Road to 850 feet west of O’Neal Lane.
Estimated cost: $12.1 million • Status: Design study • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
27. O’NEAL LANE [SEGMENT 1]
What: Add two through lanes, sidewalks and a raised median from South Harrell’s Ferry Road to 1,250 feet south of I-12. Extend the adjacent improved section of O’Neal Lane [from George O’Neal Road to South Harrell’s Ferry Road].
Estimated cost: $20.5 million • Status: Design • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
28. O’NEAL LANE
What: Widen to five lanes from Florida Boulevard to Interstate 12.
Estimated cost: $20 million • Status: Under design • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
29. PECUE LANE
What: Replace a two-lane, open-ditch roadway section with two 12-foot lanes and two-foot shoulders with curb-and-gutter section. Will include the acquisition of right-of-way for a future five-lane roadway section. The bridges crossing Ward’s Creek and I-10 will be reconstructed to accommodate future roadway width. The existing Pecue/Airline Highway intersection and median will be demolished and replaced with a cul-de-sac. Other elements include the realignment of the existing road at both Perkins Road and at Airline Highway.
Estimated cost: $28.6 million • Status: Planning • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
30. PERKINS ROAD AT ACADIAN THRUWAY/STANFORD AVENUE
What: Adding several turn lanes to the intersection.
Estimated cost: $8.5 million • Status: Design, right-of-way acquisition • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
32. PERKINS ROAD [SEGMENT 1]
What: Convert two-lane roadway without shoulders from Siegen Lane to Pecue Lane into a four-lane, curb-and-gutter roadway with a raised median and sidewalks on both sides.
Estimated cost: $28.3 million • Status: Early planning • Expected completion: Not available
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33. PICARDY AVENUE
What: New two-lane road from Essen Lane to Bluebonnet Boulevard.
Estimated cost: $2.5 million • Status: Right-of-way acquisition • Expected completion: April 2009
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34. PICARDY AVENUE-PERKINS ROAD CONNECTOR
What: Connect the Picardy overpass I-10 frontage road to Perkins Road. The four-lane, curb-and-gutter project includes a raised median, sidewalks, a new bridge crossing Dawson Creek and an underpass at the Kansas City Southern railroad with retaining walls.
Estimated cost: $40.2 million • Status: Planning • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
35. SOUTH CHOCTAW DRIVE
What: Widen to four lanes from Flannery Road to Central Thruway.
Estimated cost: $18 million • Status: Under design • Expected completion: Not available
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36. SOUTH HARRELL’S FERRY ROAD [SEGMENT 1]
What: Widen to five lane from South Sherwood Forest Boulevard to Millerville Road.
Estimated cost: $32 million • Status: Right-of-way acquisition • Expected completion: Not available
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37. SOUTH HARRELL’S FERRY ROAD [SEGMENT 2]
What: Add two lanes, sidewalks and a raised median to South Harrell’s Ferry Road from east of Millerville Road to O’Neal Lane. A new drainage crossing and raised roadway at the Knox Branch crossing.
Estimated cost: $9.5 million • Status: Design • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
38. SEYBURN DRIVE EXTENSION
What: A new three-lane, curb-and-gutter roadway with sidewalks on both sides connecting Highland Road to Burbank Drive about midway between Lee and Staring, with a new bridge at Bayou Fountain.
Estimated cost: $4.4 million • Status: Planning • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
39. SIEGEN LANE
What: Convert from a two-lane roadway without shoulders to a four-lane, curb-and-gutter roadway with a raised median and sidewalks on both sides from Highland Road to 650 feet south of Perkins Road.
Estimated cost: $18.6 million • Status: Design almost complete • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
40. STARING LANE
What: Widen Staring Lane to a four-lane section with sidewalks and raised median from Highland Road to Perkins Road, requiring a new longer bridge crossing Bayou Duplantier.
Estimated cost: $49.8 million • Status: Design • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
42. STUMBERG LANE EXTENSION
What: Extend an existing project on Stumberg Lane [from Jefferson Highway to Coursey
Boulevard] to Airline Highway. Will include raising the roadway and building a new crossing
over Clay Cut Bayou.
Estimated cost: $22 million • Status: Design • Expected completion: Not available
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43. SULLIVAN ROAD
What: Two travel lanes in each direction with a raised median on Sullivan Road from the
proposed Central Thruway to Wax Road.
Estimated cost: $32 million • Status: Design • Expected completion: Not available View photo »
44. VETERANS MEMORIAL BOULEVARD
What: New four-lane boulevard from Harriet Quimby Avenue to Blount Road.
Estimated cost: $6.1 million • Status: Under construction • Expected completion: Sept. 2008 View photo »
What do you think of the Legislature's plans to cut $120 million in social spending and higher education programs from the state budget?