St. Tammany/West Notables talk traffic

By: Madisonville Toll Bridge
  • Summary

  • Notable business owners and elected leaders in and around Madisonville, LA weigh in on the effects of traffic in the area and possible solutions, both short-term and long-term.Traffic chronic issues in the Madisonville, LA area have prompted two local entrepreneurs to propose the construction of a 4-lane Bypass Toll Bridge across the Tchefuncte River where an aging 2-lane swing bridge hinders the free-flow of traffic, contributing to traffic problems in and around the Madisonville, LA area by creating a choke-point that hinders traffic that sometimes exceeds 18,000 vehicles per day. The bypass bridge would be built and maintained by a Private Company (no municipal or state funds) in exchange for tolls. The venture would follow the Public-Private-Partnership (P3) model. For more on the proposed Madisonville please see: Madisonville Toll Bridge Website (with video): https://madisonvilletollbridge.com/ Madisonville Toll Bridge Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/madisonvilletollbridge
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  • Charlie Raymond, Attorney | Mandeville, LA
    Feb 9 2023

    Charlie touches on a host of important points about the proposed Madisonville Toll Bridge. Most notable is the idea of having a private company build and maintain the bridge with their capital in return for tolls. The concept is generally known as a Public-Private-Partnership (aka: P3s) where the private company uses its own money to build the bridge instead of traditional funding from the State of Louisiana.

    This podcast episode was recorded and edited by Geaux Media, Covington, LA at The Abita Roasting Company in Madisonville, LA on Feb 06, 2023

    This podcast was recorded and edited by Geaux Media, Covington, LA. TEL: (985) 237-1824

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    7 mins
  • Bradley T. Hayes | Army Veteran | Attorney | (Part 1)
    Jan 28 2022

    Recorded January 04, 2022, at "The Abita Roasting Company", Madisonville, LA
    Produced by Geaux Media, Covington, LA

    Maj. Hayes was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and comes from a long line of Delta cotton farmers.  Along with his siblings, he inherited his family farm which his first cousin still actively farms today. As such, he is deeply rooted to the land.  However, he is also a world traveler who has studied four foreign languages, lived in four different countries, and traveled on four different continents and in over 40 countries and foreign territories.
     
    Maj. Hayes’s family has served in every war this country has ever fought and he kept up this tradition by deploying to Baghdad, Iraq from 2003-2004 and Kandahar, Afghanistan from 2010-2011. In addition to being an Army veteran, he is also a veteran of Capitol Hill where he worked in both Houses of Congress. During his time in Congress, he specialized in Agricultural, Military, Legal, Social, and Foreign Policy issues on the staffs of first Senator Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas and then-Congressman Lamar Smith of Texas. 
     
    Maj. Hayes is a graduate of Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, and the Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. He owned and operated a solo-practice law firm in Natchez, Miss. for several years before going to work in the public sector.

    He is an avid Civil War re-enactor, is active in his church, and especially enjoys his family, as well as genealogy, traveling, reading, writing, hunting, cooking, art, and antique cars.  

    This podcast was recorded and edited by Geaux Media, Covington, LA. TEL: (985) 237-1824

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    6 mins
  • Shane Mutter | Former CEO, Doerr Furniture | Mandeville, LA
    Jan 2 2022

    Shane has a passion for people. Developing rock-solid relationships is his innate strong suit—within the team, vendor partners, and into all client relations across all sales channels (e-commerce, retail, and white labeling for institutional customers).

    Prior to his time in the hemp industry, Shane was President and CEO of Doerr Furniture; his family’s 80+-year-old home furnishings business on the outskirts of the French Quarter of New Orleans.

    As a former executive in the home furnishings industry, Shane is drawing on that experience to introduce hemp products and services to this category as well as many others.

    Shane sees growth in the hemp industry reaching exponential numbers in the coming years and wants to take the lead in becoming an educational resource to consumers as well as others interested in joining this industry.

    [Recorded, edited, and produced by Geaux Media, Covington, LA; Captured on DEC 27, 2021] 

    This podcast was recorded and edited by Geaux Media, Covington, LA. TEL: (985) 237-1824

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    6 mins

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