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• • ~~ .1 <br />Transportation <br />State Highway 225 provides access to the City on its north aide and connects on the <br />west with Interstate 610, a multi-lane limited access freeway which encircles the City <br />of Houston. State Highway 146, which extends into Northeast Texas, allows access from <br />the south through the City. <br />Air transportation is accessible through Houston Intercontinental and Hobby Airports. <br />The City-owned La Porte Municipal Airport provides private and chartered air <br />transportation through a fully approved FAA facility. <br />Railway transportation is supplied by six railroads, including the Southern Pacific <br />Lines. There are several motor freight lines which adequately fill the need for truck <br />trasnportation. <br />The Houston Ship Channel, which runs along the northern portion of the District, <br />provides deep water ocean-going transportation from the Intracoastal Canal to the Port <br />of Houston. President Wilson officially opened the Houston Ship Channel to deep sea <br />ships on November 10, 1914. It today leads the nation in foreign trade tonnage. <br />The Industrial Zones <br />In 1958 the City of La Porte created an industrial Zone adjacent to the City which <br />presently encompases approximately 5,500 acres of land north of Highway 225 and <br />bordering the Houston Ship Channel. The City annexed sufficient land to completely <br />encircle this industrial Zone, protecting this Zone from annexation by any other <br />municipality. The City entered into contracts with all of the Industries located in <br />the Zone whereby the City annexed a portion of the total value of each industry with <br />the remainder -constituting protected Industrial Districts. In addition to the <br />Industrial Zone north of Highway 225, which is referred to as the "Battleground <br />Industrial District," the City contains an Industrial Zone on its south side <br />originally created in 1970 encompassing approximately 2,500 acres of land which is <br />referred to as the "Bayport Industrial District." These Industrial District Contracts <br />are authorized by Texas State Statutes. <br />d~ <br />