St. Bernard Parish politicians, including Parish President Louis Pomes, center, who testified at the House Transportation Committee on Monday, May 12, 2025, in favor of a road to link the Port of ...

A key bill for Port of New Orleans' proposed multi-billion-dollar container ship terminal and road project in St. Bernard Parish moved forward in the Louisiana House of Representatives on Monday.

Pomes told FOX 8 he is still firmly against the port’s placement in St. Bernard Parish, but said that if the port were to be built, the road proposed in HB 616 would be necessary.

The massive proposed container port project known as the LIT that Port NOLA plans to develop is in Violet, a small community in St. Bernard Parish. This project has recently ...

The terminal, described as a $1.8 billion container facility in St. Bernard, has been controversial due to health and quality of life concerns by residents in St. Bernard Parish.

“The project will add 18,000 jobs and more than $1 billion in tax revenue by 2050,” said Port NOLA vice chairman Sharonda Williams, who served as New Orleans’ city attorney from 2013-15.

The meeting, hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, provided residents with an opportunity to weigh in on Port NOLA’s plan to construct a container terminal in Violet — a project that ...

Updated: May 16, 2025 / 06:36 AM CDT ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. (WGNO) — St. Bernard Parish President Louis Pomes is facing a recall petition over his stance on the Port of New Orleans’ expansion.

Your March 24 article regarding the Plaquemines Port container terminal project and the Port of New Orleans LIT project in St. Bernard contains some important factual errors and omissions.

Curtis added that due to St. Bernard Parish’s requirement of only 20% of registered voters to force a recall election, organizers have until Nov. 11, 2025, to collect 5,451 signatures against Pomes.