Lafayette Regional Xpressway

Louisiana Act 893, the "Lafayette Metropolitan Expressway Commission Act," was enacted by the Louisiana State Legislature in 2003. This act created the Lafayette Metropolitan Expressway Commission (LMEC), and in 2004 the LMEC initiated a transportation improvement project titled the Lafayette Metropolitan Expressway which would be a six-lane interstate routed through the City of Lafayette. As with many large transportation projects, development of the LRX environmental impact statement is utilizing a tiered process to study project impacts. Tier 1 examined five corridor alternatives. At the end of the tier 1, a preferred LRX corridor was selected and documented in a record of decision. During the more detailed Tier 2 review, LRX alignments within the preferred corridor will be considered. The LMEC hosted informal open-house meetings in June 2017 and in February 2019 to involve the public in the LRX project review process. The LMEC reported that it was studying potential corridor alternatives for the Lafayette Regional Xpressway (LRX), which was described as "a proposed loop facility around the Lafayette region to lessen the burden on local arterial roads and streets." The 2019 meeting provided project details on the preferred corridor alternative. ==Proposed routing==

Several alternative corridors were considered for the LRX during the Tier 1 study. A project corridor has now been selected. ==References==