Officials want next governor to claim funds that Bobby Jindal refused to use on proposed rail line

GONZALES — City and parish leaders from Baton Rouge to New Orleans vowed Wednesday to make the idea of a commuter rail line between the two cities a reality.

“This project will represent a string that will run through the super region, connecting people and jobs,” Buddy Boé, chief administrative officer of St. Charles Parish, said at a news conference Wednesday morning in Gonzales.

The event was held under a large canopy set up on a piece of open land that the city of Gonzales purchased in May as the possible future site of one of several train stops along the line.

The field on North Bouillion Avenue, near existing railroad tracks in the oldest part of Gonzales, is the first tangible sign of the long-sought commuter line.

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