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	Phase 2 Proceeds with Right of Way Identification "One to One" newsletter - Fall 2007 LA 1 Project status reports also available at la1project.com		Port Fourchon in South Louisiana has played an ever-increasing role in foreign and domestic oil supply. In fact, when you consider deepwater drilling (1,000 feet and deeper) and its proximity to this nation's only offshore oil port, this tiny dot on the map in Lafourche Parish influences production and distribution of up to 18 percent of this nation's entire oil and gas supply. And the only road connecting busy Port Fourchon to the rest of Louisiana and the nation is a fragile two-lane highway called LA Highway 1. Every day, nearly 1,000 big trucks travel down a 30-mile section of the substandard two-lane highway, making it twice as deadly as similar highways. Without LA 1, access for equipment and support personnel for the hundreds of platforms producing 16 to 18 percent of this nation's oil and gas would be severely hampered. A federal study projects an 80 percent increase in truck traffic on this section of LA 1 over the next decade, further straining the highway and its accessibility. If LA 1 were to be rendered inserviceable due to high water, even for just a few days, this nation's energy supply would be crippled. The facts are clear: The United States must maintain critical infrastructure that supports domestic energy production. A national energy policy must address primary routes like LA Highway 1 or we will experience an energy crisis of disastrous proportions.

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