Deepening gathers momentum | savannahnow.com

The under secretary of the army was here this week, the vice president tours the port 10 days from now and a Washington-based consulting firm has ranked Georgia Ports’ deepening project high on its list of the 100 infrastructure projects that would most help the U.S. regain its competitiveness.

Have the stars finally aligned to get the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project off the drawing board and onto the dredge?

It’s beginning to look that way.

Under Secretary of the Army Joseph Westphal toured Georgia Port Authority’s Garden City Terminal Wednesday, proclaiming its $650 million civil works project to deepen the river channel from 42 to 47 feet crucial to the nation’s economic recovery.

A deepened harbor “will create jobs, help small businesses and strengthen our ability to move products,” Westphal said, adding that “Congress and the president wouldn’t be making this kind of investment if this deepening wasn’t vital to our economy.”

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