Conceived a decade ago, the RiverPlex MegaPark in Ascension Parish took years to bear fruit before attracting tens of billions of dollars in new industrial investment to a bend in the Mississippi River.
Now officials in neighboring Iberville Parish are considering a similar industrial zone just upriver that would abut the MegaPark at the Ascension line.
Parish officials recently unveiled plans to earmark thousands of acres for new industry with hopes of controlling where and how that development occurs in the coming years…