Posted on February 22, 2016
By Mary Carr Mayle, BiS
The release of President Barack Obama’s budget recommendations Tuesday drew immediate criticism from Gov. Nathan Deal for including less than is needed to keep the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project — or SHEP — on track.
The administration’s budget request includes $42.7 million for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project for fiscal year 2017, which begins Oct. 1. The administration also added another $24.3 million for the project for the current fiscal year, thanks in part to additional funds that Congress appropriated for the overall U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ budget.
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