Sulphur-resident Joseph R. “Dick” Kennison has been appointed to the West Calcasieu Port five-person board of commissioners by the Sulphur Mayor Ron LeLeux effective May 1, 2009
SULPHUR — The West Calcasieu Port is seeking $10.75 million in federal funding for three infrastructure improvement projects. The port is looking to expand its west barge basin, construct shoreline bulkheading and install perimeter security fencing.
CARLYSS — Members of the House and Senate transportation committees visited the West Calcasieu Port as part of a tour of 10 Louisiana ports in three days.
“We try to do this at least once a term so that the members, especially the new members, can see how important ports are individually and collectively,” said Rep. Karen St. Germain, a four-year member of the House committee.
LC plant expected to bring in 1,400 local jobs within the next 15 years
Members of the state House and Senate transportation committees expressed support for several high-dollar projects at the Port of Lake Charles during a tour of the facility Friday.
For every dollar that the State of Louisiana invests in its 38 ports, it receives $6 return on its investment, according to the Ports Association of Louisiana. The return on investment is in the form of more jobs, a larger tax base and expanded capital investment.
History of Gulf Intracoastal Waterway's Calcasieu Parish Leg - Work on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway’s Calcasieu Parish leg — which runs parallel to the northern boundary of Cameron Parish — began in 1913 and ended in 1915. The canal at that time was only 5 feet deep and 40 feet wide.
