Louisiana Economic Development - Wed December 14, 2022
Global Partnership Behind New $1.8B Louisiana Port Terminal On Lower Mississippi
Gov. John Bel Edwards has unveiled an historic public-private partnership between the state, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA), and two global maritime industry leaders to build a $1.8 billion container facility on the Lower Mississippi River according to Louisiana Economic Development, or LED....
Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 08, 2022
USACE Shores Up Lake Pontchartrain
Three parishes just northwest of New Orleans are perilously situated between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. When hurricanes visit the area, as they regularly do, the 60,000 residents of St....
New Orleans Advocate - Tue November 29, 2022
Battered by Hurricanes, Lagging Federal Aid, Louisiana City Making Comeback
In Lake Charles, La.'s, hurricane-damaged downtown, two years after Laura and Delta roared through town, some storefronts are still boarded up, while others keep limited hours. The fate of the city's largest office tower, an empty patchwork of boarded-up windows, is still unclear....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu November 10, 2022
H3C Breaks Ground in New Orleans
Affordable housing can be an elusive target, especially in these times of rising prices for housing and rental property. It requires the right financing with the right partners in the right location. And the right construction company must be in place to make it all happen....
Office of Gov. Edwards - Mon November 07, 2022
Gov. Edwards Announces Expansion of John Deere Thibodaux Plant
Deere & Company, the global corporation that manufactures the John Deere brand of agricultural, construction and forestry equipment, is investing $29.8 million to expand operations at its Thibodaux facility....
NOLA.com - Thu October 20, 2022
Work Begins On Land-Based $100M Gambling Hall in Louisiana to Replace Riverboat
Ground was broken in Kenner, La., on Oct. 18 ahead of the construction of the new land-based Treasure Chest casino, a more than $100 million development that will replace the aging riverboat of the same name in early 2024....
NOLA.com - Tue October 18, 2022
USACE Building Underwater Levee on Mississippi River in Louisiana To Block Saltwater
A dredging company began construction Oct. 11 on a 1,500-ft.-wide underwater levee designed to block a wedge of Gulf of Mexico saltwater from reaching public and industrial water supply intakes on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish and New Orleans....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 13, 2022
$250M USACE Project Deepens Mississippi from Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed the first part of a project to deepen the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico, opening the way for larger vessels from the widened Panama Canal to travel as far north as Baton Rouge....
Entergy Louisiana - Mon August 29, 2022
VIDEO: Entergy Completes Transmission Line Segment Over Mississippi River
As part of its ongoing commitment to increase reliability of and build resilience into the electric system, Entergy Louisiana recently completed the Mississippi River transmission crossing from Avondale to Harahan....
The Advocate - Tue July 05, 2022
After Flooding in 2016, Louisiana's Baker High School to Finally Be Renovated
After many starts and stops, it appears that a high school in Baker, La., will finally be renovated, nearly six years after historic flooding swamped the town north of Baton Rouge. The Advocate reported that Baker's school board voted unanimously June 27 to hire a contractor to make much-needed repairs to the high school and campus damaged by four days of heavy rains in August 2016....
