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<br />redevelopment efforts. The plan also provides a means of coordin <br />actions of many different departments and divisions within munic <br />government. <br /> <br />Finally, planning is a dynamic process that must be continuously <br />and renewed as changes occur. The C <br />flexible in responding to changing conditions and needs, yet ste <br />vision and support for the community goals and objectives. It is <br />this reason, that this update is important. Since the original p <br />2001, La Porte has been and will continue to be affected and sha <br />some fairly significant internal and external influences, changi <br />and changing priorities, including, but not limited to: <br />Panama Canal Expansion Impacts. In 2007, the Panama Canal <br />Authority started on an ambitious project to double the capacity <br />the Panama Canal by 2014 by allowing more and larger ships to <br />transit from the Atlantic to the Pacific and vice versa. Althoug <br />1,700 miles and over two years away, this project is already hav <br />significant influences on the City of La Porte. With the Port of <br /> to the <br />1 <br />north and south of the City, much is being done by the public <br />sector to maximize the future economic benefits stemming from <br />the canal expansion, including widening and deepening the Housto <br />23 <br />Ship Channel and the possibility of adding more rail lines. On the <br />private side, it has been said that a significant number of new <br />have been constructed in La Porte over the past few years in ord <br />to accommodate increased numbers of shipman and other <br />employees as the port traffic increases. There has also been an <br />increase in warehouse and distribution center development and <br />inquiries for other prospective port supporting businesses. Outs <br />La Porte is bookended by some of the <br />of land use issues (i.e., where will these be facilities placed?), there <br />busiest container terminals in the <br />will also be an increase in heavy truck traffic that will have a <br />country. <br /> <br />effect on the community and its major arteries (including State <br /> <br />Source: Port of Houston website. <br />Highways 146 and 225, Fairmont Parkway, among others). <br /> <br />1 <br /> Port of Houston Website. http://www.portofhouston.com/geninfo/f. <br />Retrieved 29 June 2011. <br />2 <br /> Ibid. http://www.portofhouston.com/geninfo/overview2.html#chann <br />29 June 2011. <br />3 <br />ABC News/KTRK-TV Website. http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?sect <br />local&id=8210166. Retrieved 29 June 2011. <br />1.3 <br /> <br />2. <br />v Adopted July 20, 2009 <br /> <br />