ATLANTA — A bill introduced this week in Congress had Georgia port officials feeling confident at its annual State of the Ports luncheon Thursday. That’s because the legislation would nix a 1999 spending cap on the Savannah Harbor deepening project.
State officials say this should be the last step before Georgia receives more than $600 million in matching federal funds for the project.
Curtis Foltz heads the ports authority. Speaking at the luncheon, he said the House bill is a milestone in the arc of the project, even if it doesn’t completely resolve the issue.
The bill has, he said, “some encouraging language that would resolve our spending limit issue. That would be the final green light, allowing [the Army Corps of Engineers] to move forward with contracts, basically.”
He added, “It still has to be debated and go to the House floor for a vote but some encouraging news yesterday.”
via From Congress, Good News For The Port.
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