Industrial park sign near ready

Signage at the industrial park site on the Charenton Navigation and Drainage Canal is nearly ready, Port of West St. Mary commissioners learned Tuesday.
Guests in attendance included Louisiana House of Representatives member from St. Mary Parish Sam Jones and St. Mary Parish Councilman Paul Naquin Jr.
Following a brief appraisal of available funds by Jones for potential port business, and an address by Naquin concerning the necessity for a particular light to be installed at a point of vague visibility in the port canal, port Executive Director David Allain gave his report.
His update on the industrial park sign, to be erected off US 90, indicated the sign’s completion to be eminent, though still requiring its site service road.
Allain also discussed the port’s cooperation with South Louisiana Technical College, touting their 100 percent placement success rate for graduates of the institution: He pointed to the college’s latest request of the port, a concrete backup pad for CDL candidates to use in practicing to earn their licenses from the Morgan City branch.
Allain said that, as of now, the candidates must drive to Thibodeaux to use a parking lot at the airport there, as the necessary driving area, putting strain on the airport to accommodate and maintain the parking lot in question.
It was debated how to go about complying with the college’s request, but in such a way as to repurpose the backup pad as a foundation for an industrial facility following its utility as a driving area, a debate which concluded in an agreement to further investigate the possibility.
Allain also addressed the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Port Construction & Development Priority Program. The port has cleared all its hurdles, and as currently awaiting the results of its cost analysis, slated to be available sometime next week.