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HEY BLAKE, WHO SETS SPEED LIMITS IN ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON PARISHES? I’M SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THREE INSTANCES: (1) IN JEFFERSON PARISH THE SPEED LIMIT ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS IS 20 MPH; (2) THE LIMIT ON SOUTH CAUSEWAY BOULEVARD BETWEEN I-10 AND AIRLINE DRIVE RECENTLY WAS REDUCED TO 35 MPH; AND (3) THE LIMIT ON ST. CHARLES AVENUE RECENTLY WAS REDUCED TO 20 MPH BETWEEN NASHVILLE AVENUE AND BROADWAY STREET. LL
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DEAR LL, In each parish there are federal, state and local roads, and various groups are responsible for determining the speed limits. Federal legislation gives individual states the authority to establish their own maximum speed limits. Speed limits are set by the legislature of each state. Louisiana’s statute is LRS 32:64, which states speed limits shall be “reasonable and prudent,” with due regard to weather, traffic and road conditions. States generally allow a statewide transportation agency and lesser authorities to change speed limits. When the Louisiana Legislature changes speed limits on state and federal roads, it directs the State Department of Transportation and Development to carry out its directives. Local governments such as cities and parishes also establish speed limits by ordinance. For example, the Jefferson Parish Council passed an ordinance in November 2010 changing the speed limit on South Causeway Boulevard between Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Airline Drive. The purpose was to have a uniform speed limit of 35 mph on Causeway Boulevard from Airline Drive to Lake Pontchartrain. The Jefferson Parish Council also decided a speed limit of 20 mph on residential streets would be conducive to keeping children safe. In the case of St. Charles Avenue, speed limits are often reduced temporarily while roadwork is in progress. HEY BLAKE, A MAN I WORKED WITH ATTENDED MCDONOGH 35 HIGH SCHOOL. THEIR NICKNAME IS “THE RONEAGLES.” I TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT A RONEAGLE IS, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. JEFF
DEAR JEFF, A Roneagle is a mythical bird. Originally, this emblem of McDonogh 35 was called the “Ironeagle,” but the “I” was intentionally dropped to make it easier to pronounce. Don’t believe any stories about the “I” falling off the school’s sign and getting lost by the janitor, or that lack of money kept it from getting replaced until eventually the new name stuck. In the first issue of the school’s yearbook in 1928, the Roneagle was described as resembling an American bald eagle. However, because it is fashioned of solid iron, it is larger, stronger, faster and more resourceful than all other birds. McDonogh 35 was founded in 1917. At that time a dual school system existed, and African-Americans who wished to attend school after the eighth grade were required to enroll in one of the private
schools available to blacks. A mural at the However, in front entrance of 1917 a group of McDonogh 35 depicts private citizens the school’s mascot, the Roneagle. petitioned the Orleans Parish School Board to convert McDonogh 13 Boys’ School, a white elementary school, into a secondary school for AfricanAmericans, a school which also provided a two-year teacher training course from 1924-1931. Over the years, the school has been located on four different streets: South Rampart, Camp, St. Ann and Kerlerec, its current site. Students who attend McDonogh 35 are also known as Roneagles, and the school has produced many successful graduates. Perhaps the most famous was Ernest N. “Dutch” Morial, who graduated in 1947. In 1978 he became the first black mayor of New Orleans.