Port of New Orleans seeks state help in funding master plan

Officials with the Port of New Orleans Thursday called on the state to help pay for its $1 billion master plan, which outlines a slate of ambitious development projects to be completed by 2020.

Port President and CEO Gary P. LaGrange said his agency needs far more than the $25 million Gov. Bobby Jindal promised to dedicate to the expansion of the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal, the centerpiece of the port’s master plan.