The Master Plan - Container Facility
- Size & Capacity twice the size of Long Beach, California container facility
- Provides competitive edge to compete with ports of Houston, Texas and Mobile, Alabama
- Location for Integrated Cargo Airport
- Fully protects St. Bernard Parish, New Orleans East, Lower 9th Ward, and Gentilly from storm surges
- Adds several thousand Barge Draft Passages thru Port of New Orleans
- Economic Impact - $1.7 billion in State and local taxes. Approximately 39,000 jobs
