Plans for a loop around Lafayette are being resurrected in part to handle traffic to the planned SpaceX project in Vermilion Parish.
Elaine Abell, chairman of the Lafayette Metropolitan Expressway Commission, confirmed on Thursday that she is reviving the commission, which has been dormant for some time.
Elon Musk’s massive SpaceX project near Pecan Island, south of Abbeville on the Gulf Coast, has increased interest in the Interstate 49 Lafayette Connector to move people and equipment through Acadiana to Vermilion Parish…