This evening the first of six public meetings allowing residents to provide input for the potential Mississippi River Bridge LA 1 to LA 30 connector is being held. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson said public meetings are vital so they can narrow down the ten potential bridge sites to two or three locations.
“The public input is absolutely essential in terms of where people think the bridge should go, what impacts they are most concerned about, and just get the overall public response,” said Wilson.
Tonight’s meeting is in Baton Rouge at the library on Bluebonnet from 5 until 7.
Wilson said with ten potential sites that the Coast Guard has also provided guidance on, they are now asking the public for their thoughts.
“This corridor from I-10 to all the way down to the Sunshine Bridge, we’re spreading this out and we want to narrow that, so we want to get the opinions of folks in all of the corridors to determine what is the best lay of the land for us to move forward on this bridge,” said Wilson.
And while Wilson is inviting the public for their input on the potential location for the two-billion-dollar bridge, he also wants the public to voice where they don’t want the bridge to be constructed.
“If you have concerns about it being in a certain place this is the place to come and express those concerns. So don’t feel as though you’ve got to come and advocate for a particular location this is also an opportunity for you to come and tell us where you don’t think it should be,” said Wilson.
Wilson said they expect to narrow down sites to two or three locations and then conduct more in-depth studies on those locations.
For a listing of meeting sites click here.
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