Race Track Proposal Threatens New Orleans Bayou Savage Wildlife Refuge

saveourwetlands.org
  1. Nov. 13, 2006 - Letter: To Louisiana State Bond Commission; RE: Proposed Drag Race Track In New Orleans East. On Nov.13, 2006, it was reported in the New Orleans Times Picayune that the Industrial Development Board, an arm of city government, gave preliminary approval last week to two local developers plans to create a $36 million race track in a marshy area of New Orleans east.

  2. Nov. 13, 2006 - Race Track Proposed Near New Orleans Wildlife Refuge. The Industrial Development Board, an arm of city government, gave preliminary approval last week to two local developers' plans to create a quarter-mile-long drag racing course capable of holding top-level national events.

  3. Nov. 20, 2006 - Track Owner Has Questions About Proposed Race Track In New Orleans East. When I read the article by Bruce Eggler about the State Bond Commission request to finance a $36-million drag strip in New Orleans East, I felt compelled to write from a track owner's viewpoint.

  4. Feb. 13, 2001 - Largest Urban Wildlife Refuge In U.S. Threatened By Motorsports Speedway. The Board of Commissioners of the New Orleans Business & Industrial District (NOBID) voted on February 13, 2001 to take out an option to purchase a $4.2 million 750 acre tract of land adjacent to the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge in hopes of building a proposed motorsports speedway on the site.

  5. April 27, 2000 - Letter: To New Orleans Business and Industrial District (NOBID), RE: Race Track in New Orleans East. Please be advised I represent Save Our Wetlands, Inc. (SOWL) consisting of over 1,200 citizens, residing mostly in Orleans Parish, and many in the New Orleans East area concerning the above captioned. SOWL has always been committed to preserving the wetlands and estuaries of New Orleans (See SOWL Fact Sheet enclosed).
FAIR USE NOTICE: This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Save Our Wetlands Inc.(SOWL) has no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of this article nor is Save Our Wetlands Inc.(SOWL) endorsed or sponsored by the originator. For more information go to:www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.