Posted on March 14, 2019
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — President Donald Trump wants another $130 million to continue deepening the shipping channel to Savannah’s busy seaport.
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Trump’s budget request for fiscal 2020 would be the federal government’s largest annual expenditure yet on the $976 million Savannah harbor expansion. Dredging of the Savannah River between the port and the Atlantic Ocean began more than three years ago and is halfway done.
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Savannah and other East Coast ports are racing for deeper water to make room for larger cargo ships arriving through the recently expanded Panama Canal. Savannah has the fourth-busiest U.S. port for cargo shipped in containers.
Georgia officials have stressed they need roughly $100 million each year to complete the project without delays. The federal government kicked in $101 million for the 2019 fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Source: wgxa.tv
