For decades, Lafayette residents have heard some version of the same transportation conversation: the Lafayette Loop, Lafayette Expressway, I-49 Connector or some combination of the three.
For many locals, these projects have been discussed for so long that the idea of actually driving on one can feel more like a running joke than a future reality.
But the massive SpaceX project planned near Pecan Island in Vermilion Parish has suddenly given that old conversation new life…