Building Capacity – Improving Major Corridors – Enhancing Quality of Life

 
A critical goal of the MOVEBR program is reducing congestion so drivers spend fewer hours stuck in traffic while ensuring reliable commute times. To accomplish this, projects include widening major roads, building new roads and synchronizing signals. Another important aspect of this program, that doesn’t receive as much attention, is building community enhancement projects that improve quality of life. 

I see the MOVEBR program like a three-legged stool – we’re building capacity, improving existing corridors and enhancing our quality of life for all citizens. 

The community enhancement projects build sidewalks and bike paths and beautify existing roadways with appropriate landscaping. The investment in community enhancement projects will add over 260 miles of sidewalks and 65 miles of bike lanes or paths. We are also deploying over 100 radar speed signs in neighborhoods across the parish to help control speeding, and more than 20 protected mid-block and railroad crossings for pedestrians across all projects. Landscaping is being included on all projects where it makes sense and improves the beauty and function of our roadways.

In the first quarter of this year, the MOVEBR program has kicked off construction on three significant projects – the Jones Creek Extension, Perkins Road from Pecue to Siegen, and the Florida Boulevard Corridor from 22nd Street to Airline Highway. Jones Creek and Perkins Road projects will build new capacity while the Florida Boulevard project will revitalize one of our historic gateway corridors, improving safety for all travelers. 

We’re getting traffic moving, improving safety and mobility on corridors that have been neglected for years, and making it easier to travel, no matter how you get around. Improving quality of life for our citizens is a goal we work towards every day.