Backers of the Port of New Orleans’ plans for a new deep-water container terminal in Violet are pushing a bill in the legislative session designed to quell concerns about the project from those who would be most directly impacted by it.
House Bill 465, by state Rep. Brian Glorioso, a Slidell Republican who grew up in St. Bernard Parish, would create a special taxing district around the site. which includes two schools, about 2,000 homes and a handful of businesses along East Judge Perez Drive and East St. Bernard Highway.
The funds are aimed at addressing community needs resulting from construction on the Louisiana International Terminal, a multiyear, multibillion-dollar project that state maritime officials have said is critical if Louisiana is to remain competitive as a global trading center…