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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Transportation <br /> <br />State Highway 225 provides access to the La Porte area on its north side and connects on the west with Interstate 610, a <br />multi-lane limited access freeway which encircles the City of Houston. State Highway 146, which extends into Northeast <br />Texas, allows access from the south through the City of La Porte. Air transportation is accessible through Houston's George <br />Bush Intercontinental and Hobby AiIports. The City of La Porte's Municipal Airport provides private and chartered air <br />transportation through a fully approved FAA facility. Railway transportation is supplied by six railroads, including the Southern <br />Pacific Lines. There are several motor freight lines which adequately fill the need for truck transportation. The Houston Ship <br />Channel, which runs along the northern portion of the La Porte area, provides deep water ocean-going transportation from the <br />Intracoastal Canal to the Port of Houston. The Port of Houston's Barbour's Cut Tenninal, located adjacent to the La Porte area, <br />handles in ex~ of three million tons of cargo annually. <br /> <br />Maior Industries <br /> <br />The nation's largest concentration of petrochemical plants border the Authority on its north and south sides. <br /> <br />Air Liquide (Air Plant) <br />Air Liquide (Alphagaz) <br />Air Products Mfg. Corp. <br />Celanese Compo <br />H2 Purification Facility <br />Hyco I, n. & ill <br />N2 Backup <br />Syngas <br />Trans. & Distribution <br />Akzo Nobel, Inc. (Alkyls) <br />Akzo Nobel, Inc. (La Porte) <br />Amoco Chemical (Albemarle) <br />Arco Chemicals <br />Areo Pipeline Co. <br />Aristech Chemical Corp. <br />BattlegrOlUld Water Co. <br />CBSL Transportation <br />Superior Carriers <br />Chusei (USA), Inc. <br />Ciba Geigy Corp. <br />Dow Chemical U.S.A. <br />Drago Supply <br />Dunn Equipment <br />E.I. DuPont <br />Bayer Corporation <br />Eurecat U.S., Inc. <br />F.MC. Corporation <br />Fairmont Supply <br />Fina Oil & Chemicals <br />Geon Compnay <br />Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. <br />GTeifBrothers <br /> <br />Houston Lighting & Power <br />Laidlaw Environmental <br />Lubrizol Corporation <br /> <br />Metton America, Inc. <br />Mil1enium (fonnedy Quantum <br />Chemical (Syngas)) <br />Millenium (fonnerly Quantum <br />Chemical (USI)) <br />NOCS Northwest, Inc. <br />Nippon Pigments U.S. <br />Noltex L.L.C. <br />Occidental Electrochemical <br />Ohmstede Machine Works <br />Petrolite <br />Praxair, Inc. <br />Prime Equipment Co. <br />Ragsdale Development Corp. <br />Revak <br />Rexene Corporation <br />Rohm & Haas <br />Solvay Interox, Inc. <br />Solvay Polymers, Inc. <br />Southern lonies, Inc. (1986) <br />Chern Quest, Inc. <br />Southwest Chem. & Plastic <br />Texas Electric Company <br />Tri-Gas, Inc. (Airco) <br />Tri-Gas, Inc. (Liquid Air) <br />UCISCO <br />Witco Chemical <br /> <br />Utilities <br /> <br />The residents located in the area of the Authority are provided electricity, gas and telephone service by Houston Lighting and <br />Power Company, Entex, Inc. and Southwestern Bell Telephone, respectively, all as part of the City of Houston system. Water <br />and sewer facilities are provided by the City of La Porte's system. <br /> <br />FinanciallDstitutions <br /> <br />Banking facilities located within the area of the Authority are provided by Bayshore National Bank, Baytown State Bank, <br />NationsBank and Bank of America. <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />I . <br /> <br />lto <br />