Did Louisiana open up all lanes off traffic on I-10?

[jessicazi]

More specifically, were both northbound and southbound lanes opened up to let more drivers out quicker? I thought Blanco did authorize this but can't find anything. Please let me know and give me a source if possible!

[TrueAmerican]

1. Yes, it was done for 24 hours

no link. I seen it live on TV.

[joanne]

2. I heard about it on TV as well

dont have link either, but it happened.

[pacalo]

7. I have no link, but I can assure you that all lanes were open --

I was in the bumper-to-bumper traffic. I'm not trying to one-up the "we'll do better than Louisiana" boasting by the Texas governor, but I can also attest to the fact that our traffic flowed a heck of a lot better than what I'm seeing in Texas.

To the governor of Texas: Sometimes it's better to keep your mouth shut; your words could come back to haunt you.

[jessicazi]

3. found this link

http://www.nola.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1125213007249320.xml?nola

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. -snip-

State Police activated the state's redesigned contraflow plan Saturday at 4 p.m., allowing traffic to use both sides of Interstates 55, 59 and 10 to evacuate New Orleans to the north, east and west after early afternoon traffic left westbound lanes of I-10 backed up bumper-to-bumper for miles in the 93-degree heat. Within hours, however, the contraflow system seemed to have alleviated much of the logjam.

[pitohui]

5. yes & it was more than 24 hrs, & it was coordinated w. mississippi

i left abt 36 hrs before landfall & contraflow was already working very well at that time

[pacalo]

8. We left on Sunday morning -- took I-55, then I-20 through Mississippi

& it was smooth sailing.

[applegrove]

6. Yup.

[markus]

9. Yes. NOLA had a plan

And it worked.

Or there would have been 10,000 dead.

As there may be in Texas, if they don't get those people off the roads.