Ports and Flood Control Unit

The Ports Construction and Development Priority Program was created by Act 452 of the 1989 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature. The funding for the program is the Transportation Trust Fund, which was approved as a constitutional amendment in January 1990. Before this program, the State funded port projects through the Capital Outlay Program without requiring any feasibility studies. From 1977 to 1984 Louisiana expended more funds for ports than any other state in the Union. For this period Louisiana spent $25,985,000 on shallow draft ports and $173,424,000 on deep draft ports for a total of $199,409,000 (Ports and Waterways Institute, Louisiana Statewide Ports Assessment, 2 vols., Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1986).

The creation of the Port Construction & Development Priority Program changed the method by which Louisiana participates in port improvements. The feasibility of proposed port projects must now be determined and the projects must be prioritized.

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Any Louisiana port authority may apply for funding of a proposed port project.

The types of projects that shall be funded by the program is liminted to the construction, improvement, capital facility rehabilitation and expansion of publicly owned port facilities including intermodal facilities and maritime-related industrial park infrastructure developments. Projects such as wharves, cargo handling capital equipment, utilities, railroads, priminary access roads and buildings which can be shown to be an integral component of any proposed port project.

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Any Louisiana port authority may submit an application for funding to the Department of Transportation & Development between October 1st and November 1st for consideration in the following fiscal year. The applications shall include a descriptioin of the project, demonstration of immediate need, benefits to be derived, preliminary design, cost estimate and a description of the project area.

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Additional information about the Statewide Flood Control Program may be requested as follows:

1. Telephone: (225) 274-4339
2. Facsimile: (225) 274-4344
3. Mail:
   • Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development
   • Statewide Flood Control Program
   • Airport, Room 222
   • Post Office Box 94245
   • Baton Rouge, LA
   • 70804-9245
4. Pick up:
   • Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development
   • 8900 Jimmy Wedell Dr., Room 222
   • Baton Rouge, LA 70807
5. Submitting the following request on-line:

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