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15 Jan 2025 / New Orleans, United States
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) announced it was awarded $1,000,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) Sustainability Management Plan (SMP)…
…The Louisiana International Terminal will be built in Violet, Louisiana, 17 miles downriver from the Crescent City Connection bridge, eliminating air draft restrictions for vessels that call Port NOLA. The terminal will be able to handle the largest container vessels that traverse the Panama Canal locks dramatically increasing Louisiana’s import and export capacity, foster strategic inland growth and allow both container-on-barge and intermodal services to expand.
The Port NOLA LIT SMP will follow the Envision framework to achieve sustainable, resilient, and equitable infrastructure. Envision uses proven best practices that include environmental, social, and economic considerations.
The Envision verification process commonly produces direct community benefits, including:
1. Significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and provides targets to reach carbon-neutral goals.
2. Reduction in water and energy usage, encouragement of sustainable material use.
3. Promotion of social equity and community cohesion, improvements in public health, safety, and access to essential services.
4. Focus on creating local jobs and stimulating the economy, as the project is cost-effective and leads to long-term operational efficiencies.
5. Protection of habitats and mitigation of impacts.
The EPA grant delivers funds to three community-based organizations to help equitably provide workforce development and educational opportunities for the Violet and St. Bernard Parish communities that will relate to LIT’s future careers and sustainability outcomes…
…LIT is the largest public economic development project in the State of Louisiana. By 2050, it is expected to generate 32,000 new jobs nationwide, including more than 18,000 in Louisiana and over 4,300 in St. Bernard Parish, as well as more than $1 billion in new state and local tax revenue…
…LIT is currently in the federal permitting process. Construction is expected to begin in 2025.
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Source: Extracts from Port of New Orleans press release dated 13 January 2025