§3405. Coordination and cooperation
A. It is the policy of this Chapter that the Mississippi River Deepening
Project be pursued so that there is full coordination and cooperation between all
federal and state entities that have complementing or overlapping interest and
authority in the project. The secretary of the Department of Transportation and
Development is authorized to coordinate all of the state and local governmental
aspects of the project so that there is a long-term and orderly development and
maintenance of the project.
B. The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development is
authorized to call upon Louisiana Economic Development, the Board of
Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, the St. Bernard Port, Harbor and
Terminal District, the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District, the South
Louisiana Port Commission, the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission, and all
other port commissions and districts and state agencies, departments, and political
subdivisions of the state for full and complete cooperation and assistance in carrying
out the provisions of this Chapter, and all such entities are hereby directed and it shall
be their duty to cooperate and assist the department to the fullest possible extent.
Acts 1986, No. 83, §1, eff. June 17, 1986; Acts 1989, No. 21, §1, eff. June
14, 1989; Acts 2001, No. 8, §10, eff. July 1, 2001.