Another company makes a huge investment in Louisiana. CF industries is putting up a massive ammonia facility on the West Bank of Ascension Parish. In a ceremony at the Capitol this morning, Governor Landry said it will be the largest facility of its kind in the world..
The project is expected to create about 100 direct new permanent jobs with an average salary of 110-thousand dollars.
Here is Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Mike Moncla’s reaction to a 745-million-dollar verdict against Chevron to restore wetlands that a Plaquemines Parish jury said the energy company destroyed…
Cut 13 (07) “…killed it”
There are 40 other parish lawsuits against energy companies and Moncla says they will keep oil and gas companies from doing any kind of production in coastal inland waters.
State Police say the woman who fatally struck a pedestrian on Interstate 20 in Ouachita Parish yesterday afternoon was impaired. Twenty-six-year-old Mecca King has been charged with vehicular homicide and careless operation after hitting 38-year-old Eugenia Bates of Monroe. State Trooper Ryan Davis says this fatality did not have to happen…
Cut 5 (08) “..cab services”
Bates was walking on the shoulder of the interstate and it’s also illegal to walk on the interstate.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation is actively involved in litter removal with this week being Love the Boot Week. DOTD spokesman Rodney Mallett says partnering with Keep Louisiana Beautiful, DOTD employees are engaged in cleanup efforts statewide…
Cut 14 (12) “…100 miles of roadway.”
Mallett says the state spends more than 13-million dollars annually picking up trash on the side of roadways.