Earlier this week, the Boulet administration announced that the Mardi Gras route would pass down Jefferson Street again - which it hasn't done since the late 1990s.

Today, the chief of the downtown Lafayette organization made a social media post urging more input on that plan.

Kevin Blanchard, CEO of Downtown Development Authority is asking that plans be made to accommodate the concerns he's heard.

"I've been hearing from a lot of folks in the last couple days-business owners, residents, and our neighbors. There's excitement about the potential energy and foot traffic this could bring to our small businesses downtown. We have room to grow Mardi Gras downtown, so we are optimistic," Blanchard wrote. "But I am also hearing many valid concerns about logistics and access: how barricades w

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