Press Conference on Report Critiquing Port NOLA Re-Ignites Tensions Over LIT Project

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  • Parish President Louis Pomes speaks on the Vickerman Report and the parish's intention to oppose the LIT Project
    Parish President Louis Pomes speaks on the Vickerman Report and the parish's intention to oppose the LIT Project
  • Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser voices his opposition to the LIT project and highlights the need to put a container terminal further down river.
    Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser voices his opposition to the LIT project and highlights the need to put a container terminal further down river.
  • Pictured, from left: Parish President Louis Pomes, Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, Sidney Torres III.
    Pictured, from left: Parish President Louis Pomes, Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, Sidney Torres III.
  • A Save Our St. Bernard (SOS) group member poses for a photo. Parish President Louis Pomes, State Representative Mike Bayham, and all of the council members stood beside Nungesser and SOS organizers at press conference and announced their intentions to fight against this project, whatever that may look like.
    A Save Our St. Bernard (SOS) group member poses for a photo. Parish President Louis Pomes, State Representative Mike Bayham, and all of the council members stood beside Nungesser and SOS organizers at press conference and announced their intentions to fight against this project, whatever that may look like.
Tensions between the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) and those who oppose the port’s proposed Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) in Violet, La., erupted over the last week as a _urry of reports, press conferences, responses and announcements occurred day after day. For the PAGE 11 past few months, the con_ict surrounding the LIT project had been relatively dormant as various…

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