LAFAYETTE, La. — Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) is announcing the demolition of the La Quinta property at 2100 NE Evangeline Thruway on Monday, August 17, 2026 beginning at 7:30 am.
“When I took office, LCG inherited a backlog of 1,200 blighted, abandoned, and dangerous property cases that date all the way back to 2016,” said Mayor-President Boulet. “We’ve revised our condemnation and demolition ordinance to create a more streamlined approach, more than tripling the number of cases we process. For the first time in many years, LCG is closing more cases than we’re opening. The La Quinta property is a major milestone in showcasing that progress.”
The La Quinta property demolition is part of the ongoing progress of clearing out blighted properties in Lafayette parish to not only clear our eye-sores, but to make room for continued growth and economic development in the parish, according to a spokesperson for LCG. This progress began in 2025 with revision to the LCG Code of Ordinances, thanks to a partnership with Senator Gerald Boudreaux, to adopt a new process to hear condemnation cases through the administrative Adjudication Bureau. Since these revisions, LCG has processed 89 adjudication cases compared to 21 in years prior…