Port NOLA board adopts PIER Plan

NEW ORLEANS – The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) Board of Commissioners adopted the Port Inner Harbor Economic Revitalization (PIER) Plan at its meeting April 23. The plan is a collaborative vision to focus on future development and revitalization of the Inner Harbor Industrial corridor aiming at increasing commercial activity, and creating jobs. The PIER Plan is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Other partners include the Regional Planning Commission, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, and Deep South Center for Environmental Justice. A stakeholder’s panel helped provide input and feedback over the course of more than two years of data gathering, analysis and public meetings. Port NOLA’s Strategic Master Plan, adopted in 2018, laid out a 20-year vision and roadmap for growth that identifies the need for regional freight-based economic development. The planning effort provides a framework for PIER Plan. To view the entire adopted plan visit: www.portnola.com/assets/pdf/Port-NOLA-2020-PIER-PLAN_web.pdf