LAFAYETTE PARISH — No changes will be made to the Lafayette parade route - at least not for the upcoming carnival season.

At issue is the announcement recently by the Boulet administration that the old route - which hasn't been used for decades - would resume, with the parades traveling down Jefferson Street.

In the 1990s that route was changed, after millions were spent on the Streetscape project which put cypress trees, paving and railings on Downtown's main drag. The concern was that the boisterous crowds of carnival would damage the beautification the city had paid so much to install. Indeed, more than $250,000 in new plantings were just installed along Jefferson Street - where a route change would place carnival crowds in a couple months.

Tuesday night, the Lafayette City Council

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