Collaboration among a variety of entities is crucial to facilitating the infrastructure needs of commerce in Louisiana, a state transportation and development official said Monday. Tommy Clark, commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Office of Multimodal Commerce, was guest speaker during the St. Mary Industrial Group luncheon meeting at The Petroleum Club of Morgan City. The office administers all development programs relating to “cargo and freight in the state,” Clark said. Areas handled by the office are aviation, freight and passenger railroad, ports and waterways and commercial trucking. Clark and his staff work with Louisiana Economic Development ...