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Planning commission debates definition, density for interstate economic corridor
Summary
The commission split over how prescriptive to be in updating the economic corridor section of the master plan, with members disputing whether to emphasize industrial/commercial preference or allow higher-density residential and mixed use; a motion to send the draft back to the master plan review committee passed.
Commissioners spent extended discussion July 8 on a Master Plan Review Committee proposal to refine the parish’s economic corridor — an area along I‑12 that review members want to define more clearly to attract jobs and infrastructure improvements.
Gerald Burns, presenting the committee’s letter, said the existing master plan lists what should not be allowed in the corridor but “does not say what should be in a corridor.” The draft proposal lists uses the committee would like to encourage or permit, including manufacturing, major warehouses, retail centers, training and technical colleges, industrial parks,…
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