LAFAYETTE, La. ( KLFY ) — Lafayette is preparing neighborhoods along Evangeline Thruway for the future conversion of Evangeline into an interstate highway.
The Economic Action Plan highlights eight specific areas that are set to change: MLK Jr. Plaza, Donlon Triangle, Jefferson Intersection, Downtown Connection, Simcoe Triangle, Blvd. South, McComb-Veazey Central and Plan Patterson.
Planning Manager Cathie Gilbert said the city’s goal is to make investments along the future interstate.
“The overall picture is that we are we are making investments into the areas along the future interstate, specifically targeting certain areas for certain improvements to our infrastructure and working with landowners to develop their property.”
Gilbert said the city plans to revitalize, not remove, these properties.
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“Some of them are vacant land. Some of them are in embedded in neighborhoods,” Gilbert said. “There’s going to be redevelopment, and it might not necessarily be in these locations, but if we targeted our efforts on these few sites, then we’re kind of getting ready for the future.”