(The Center Square) − Louisiana’s Office of Multi-modal Commerce says billions of dollars in port projects are stuck in line for funding , with requests piling up as far back as 2019.

Julia Fisher-Cormier, the office’s director, said the program’s design allowed applications to build up without caps on approvals, even when annual funding was a fraction of the demand.

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“It started out with very little funding, but the rules stayed the same,” Fisher-Cormier told The Center Square. “When the rules were promulgated there wasn’t a rule to stop acceptance o

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