In 2016, Louisiana endured two 1,000-year rain events that flooded 80% of the parishes in the state. A team of economic recovery experts under contract to the Economic Development Agency (Economic Recovery Support Function/ERSF) working with FEMA under the National Disaster Recovery Framework, gathered information about impacts from the March ’16 floods to Louisiana’s supply chain and transportation infrastructure.
One of the action steps identified the work and findings of this work was to “Form a supply chain network to engage businesses and agriculture interests in support of transportation resilience and enhanced transportation systems, in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD)” and Louisiana Economic Development (LED). The follow reports to the Louisiana legislature were submitted as a result of the work of the Supply Chain Transportation Council to date.
