UL Lafayette: CDW: I-49 Connector: Alignments

				I-49 Connector: Alignments


				BACK \| NEXT TOPICS introduction public process case studies alignments garden urbanism alt. street links public realm neighborhoods lighting sound study public art conclusion recognition	Through the public process, the Workshop realized that the design of the I-49 Connector was the most important urban design project for the City of Lafayette since the railroad entered the city and shifted the original grid. The Advisory Committees for the Lafayette MPO instructed the Workshop to investigate two alignments, EA-1 and RR-4. Both of these proposed facilities are elevated. EA-1 follows the alignment of the existing Evangeline Thruway. RR-4 follows the alignment of the existing Evangeline Thruway until it nears St. Genevieve Church at Simcoe Street. At that point, it bends toward the downtown area at the railroad track and Johnston Street. This curve toward the railroad continues approximately to Pinhook Avenue where it rejoins the Evangeline Thruway. Keeping in mind the political and economic realities of the selected alignments, several goals were identified. One goal was to develop the I-49 Connector as a linear park system. Another goal included using the design process as an opportunity to continue developing the neighborhood design that had been started two years earlier in the African-American neighborhoods in the Simcoe Street Project. In addition, the Workshop realized that it must demonstrate to federal, state, and local officials, as well as the citizens of Lafayette, that highway design could be more comprehensively based on the three-dimensionality and materiality of the city. The public process revealed that the I-49 Connector Project needed a 10 to 20 percent increase in funding for enhancements.
















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