In a meeting room overlooking the swollen Savannah River, a reinvigorated Augusta Ports Authority is proposing creating a management document to bring all the city’s uses of the river under one plan.
Authority member Frank Carl, who claimed the idea as his own, said that after several relatively inactive years the board has decided not to
dissolve and to refocus its efforts on the needs of Augusta’s publicly-owned stretch of river frontage.
“As much as activity has picked up along the river, I can see events colliding,” said Carl, a former Savannah Riverkeeper director. “The momentum is there.”
The plan, which is still in its infancy and lacks funding, would accommodate the area’s recreational uses – such as the Riverkeeper’s plans for an education center and kayak facilities, the annual ESi Ironman 70.3 triathlon and two events, Paddlefest and the Augusta Southern Nationals, canceled or postponed recently because of rising river levels. The plan would also deal with the area’s industrial and public utility uses, Carl said.
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