Is St. Landry The Real Gateway To Acadiana?

BOBBY ARDOIN
Editor/Consulting Writer

Is Lafayette guilty of geographic misdirection or does Bill Rodier have it right?

Rodier thinks the actual Gateway of Acadiana begins about 30 miles north of where it is now purported by Lafayette Parish economic officials and he’s not afraid to say so.

The junction of Interstate 49 and U.S. 190 which connects outside Opelousas should be designated as the beginning for the Acadiana Gateway location Rodier told a group of parish elected officials and economic leaders during an informal Central St. Landry Economic Development District meeting Wednesday night.

Rodier said he became skeptical of a Lafayette promotional campaign when he saw an Evangeline Thruway billboard proclaiming the Hub City as the spot where the Gateway of Acadiana starts.

“The true Gateway is at 190 and I-49,” Rodier told a crowd that attended the CSLEDD monthly that was held at the Equine Center on Harry Guilbeau Road.

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