PORT FOURCHON TIMELINE

1960s

• 1960 – GLPC created by Act 222 of LA Legislature
• 1961 – 10th ward voters approved 5-mill property tax to fund development of Port Fourchon
• 1963 – Development property donated to Commission by LL&E and Caillouets
• 1965 – Clamshell Fourchon Road is ready for traffic
• 1967 – Belle Pass dredged to 12 ft. deep and 125 ft. wide

1970s

• 1971 – First elected board takes office
• 1972 – Capital Improvement Projects begin from bond proceeds
• 1975 – Environmental Impact Study funded
• 1978 – Executive Director Ted Falgout hired
• 1979 – First major port tenant, Martin Fuel, opens for business

1980s

• 1981 – LOOP starts operations
• 1983 – Oil bust opens door for industry to consolidate in Port Fourchon
• 1984 – 400-acre E-Slip development begun
• 1987 – Annual lease rentals surpass the $1 million mark

1990s

• 1990 – $1,785,000 Transportation Trust Fund Grant received for dock facilities
• 1993 – Grants received exceed $3.5 million
• 1993 – Annual lease revenues surpass $2 million
• 1993 – Total expenditures exceed $7 million
• 1995 – Deepwater Royalty Relief Act passed
• 1997 – LA1 Coalition formed
• 1998 – Port experiences unprecedented growth
• 1999 – Port purchases 4,000 acres from Burlington

2000s

• 2000 – 400-acre E-Slip Project completely leased 30 years ahead of schedule
• 2001 – Northern Expansion project permitted and under construction, doubling size of port
• 2001 – Acquired South Lafourche Airport and surrounding 1,200 acres
• 2003 – New Port administrative facility constructed
• 2004 – $27 million total budget
• 2004 – Annual lease revenues exceed $10 million
• 2005 – Nearly 250 companies operate from and/or utilize Port Fourchon
• 2006 – Construction of new toll bridge at Leeville begins
• 2007 – 700-acre Northern Expansion developed, and over half leased
• 2008 – Additional 400-acre expansion
• 2008 – Port budget exceeds $70 million
• 2008 – $360 million in highway improvements under way
• 2009 – Tomey Doucet Bridge portion of the elevated LA 1 Expressway opens to traffic
• 2010 – New Executive Director Chett Chiasson becomes second director in port history
• 2010 – GLPC celebrates 50 years of growth

PORT FOURCHON'S PLAN

Short-Term

• Completion of Slip B by end of 2011 - 914 m (3,000 ft.) of bulkhead and dredging
• Commencing Slip C development
• Maritime Forest Ridge - An additional 1,219 m (4,000 ft.)
• LA1 elevated highway (Fourchon to Golden Meadow)

Long-term

• Channel dredging
• LA 3090 Roadside property development
• Maritime Forest Ridge (Final Phase)
• Northern Expansion
• Slip C, 4,481 m (14,700 ft) of bulkhead and dredging
• Slip D, 3,261 m (10,700 ft) of bulkhead and dredging
• Northern Expansion roads & water line
• LA1 relocation (Larose to US 90)
• Fourchon Island rig reconstruction development
• Northern Expansion residential development