Technical Tours

Technical tours for conference delegates will be available on Monday, April 7 and Tuesday, April 8, 2003. Delegates should schedule their tour at the registration desk as space allows.

Preliminary plans for the technical tour include all of the following:

*A visit to the Traffic Management Center, a state of the art center that encompasses multi-agency traffic control and emergency responses utilizing video monitoring, fiber optic connectivity and multifunctional interagency communication.
*A visit to the Mississippi River Intracoastal Waterway Lock Structure.
*A drive through of the Port of Baton Rouge, the seventh largest port in the United States.
*A drive through of Southern University and A&M College, one of the original historically black universities and colleges; and Louisiana State University, which is Louisiana's flagship public university.