The owner of the old Travelodge Motel in Lafayette was fined over $5,000 for not meeting a 45-day deadline for upgrades and warned the building could be condemned if improvements don’t happen soon.
Travelodge Lafayette LLC, led by local property owner Ravi Daggula, was fined $5,550 during a Wednesday hearing and could a fine of $300 per day if work is not completed in another 180 days, according to Lafayette Consolidated Government.
LCG’s compliance division will also closely monitor progress at the building at 1101 W. Pinhook Road, which Daggula bought nearly five years ago. The motel is not in a condition that LCG could recommend being condemned but can be “if the owner does not begin the rehabilitation of this property soon,” a LCG spokesperson said…