Georgia, South Carolina May Have to Dig Deep to Finance Joint Port
Monday, September 14th, 2015
Georgia and South Carolina officials will soon start a lengthy regulatory journey toward the construction of a $4.5 billion port along a barren stretch of the Savannah River intended to handle global trade into the 22nd century.
But first, each state must finish — and pay for — massive port-deepening projects in Savannah and Charleston. And they must leave behind decades of animus and bistate rivalry that threatened Savannah’s future as the Southeastern gateway for international trade.
