Good news ...are you kidding me! Traffic was backed up one mile north of toll bridge. I have a
geaux pass and it took me 25minutes to get through the toll section of the bridge. Can Louisiana do anything right? Put people on the ground collecting money and add a second lane at least one mile long for geaux pass. All engineers and managers responsible for this should be fired.
the whole problem with this situation is, politicians or whoever is in charge, just ain't got no common sense or just wants more money for their big old pockets!!! human beings is the simple answer!!! its funny, how us little simple people, in their eyes, can see it very clearly and the highly intelligent people????, can't!!!
c'mon now, this is freakin crazy!
put a few real life people to work and be done with it!
how much does it really cost to put somebody in the booth making minimum wage, really!
even a monkey knows bill slots even on the best of days only accept about half the bills put in them and nobody in thier infinate wisdom ever expected a major cluster fluck with this system?
take the soon to be out of work toll collectors from the GNO bridge and send them to leeville to solve this fiasco
Just when I thought that whole bridge system (not just the tolls the whole thing) couldn't get any dumber they do this. Theres not enough space to get the geaux pass folks around to let them go and traffic will be backed up for miles. This will inevitably invite pissed off (and rightfully so) geaux pass holders to try to go around and there will be a wreck very soon adding to the fustercluck. As dumb as the old system was it was still better than this. I never had a problem with the old system as I paid on my phone each trip. If you are going down for tarpon better leave an extra day early.
why didn't, they just keep the old system and if you didn't want to pay ahead, like the internet, kiosk, whatever, just drive thru and the camera will take a picture of your plate! then, just mail you a bill for the toll and add forty whatever cents to the toll for the stamp or one dollar to the toll, for a convenience charge??? i would be glad to pay the convienence charge!!! nothing surprises me anymore!!! now, they got the cops giving tickets, because they know people will be peed off!!! they just can't pass up the opportuniy to prey on the people, to make more money!!! it sure does suck!!! only in louisiana????????? i think, if i was mayor of grand isle, i would really be peed off, about all of this, because the only thing, this will do to grand isle, is cause lost revenue, because some people, will not put up with the aggravation and just go to the gulf coast, a lot easier, and who can blame them!!! GOOD LUCK, TARPON RODEO!!!! my grandson went to the island this weekend, i will let ya'll know how he made out, with the new system!!!
Geronimo sez:...'ya two Obama loafers better get to work...'da skinny Hindu needs the tax base up in 'Red Sticky'...cheers
P/S...we helped the barber get a 90 y/o customer in the chair yesterday...would you believe what he said:...'the Remagen Bridge had less commotion then Leeville' ??? (the old guy was pretty sharp)...cheers
That looks simple enough! I hope that piece of paper with the duct tape holding it on isn't the operating instructions.
Thanks for the link, knotsane.
Good luck!