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PROJECT TO RESCUE PORT HIGHWAY FROM FLOODS GETS BOOST FROM BUSH ADMINISTRATION
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INDSTRY GROUP 99
Regulatory Intelligence Data
05-19-2005
PORT FOURCHON, La. -- Louisiana's plans to rescue the highway to Port Fourchon
from floods got a boost today from U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman
Y. Mineta when he announced final approval of a $66 million federal loan
for the project during a visit to the port this morning. The loan program
will help the state build a 17-mile elevated toll highway, known as LA
1, connecting the port to land less susceptible to flooding, Mineta said.
"It is clear that a two-lane road that floods at the sight of rain is no
longer adequate to service this ...
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