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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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