A close aide to South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford says South Carolina and Georgia are close to a deal on building a jointly-owned shipping terminal.
Sanford's chief of staff Tom Davis told the Board of Realtors in Beaufort, South Carolina that a task force is about two weeks from completing its plan for the deal. The half-billion-dollar terminal will be located on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River just downstream from Savannah.
The task force's proposal will cover everything from how the port will be run to how much each state will pay for permits to build it.
One apparent change deals with public versus private port operation. When Sanford and Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue announced the port in March, officials from both states talked about forming a joint ports authority. Now, Davis says, leaders prefer a private company to run it. Both states' legislatures would have to approve the deal.
Sanford's chief of staff Tom Davis told the Board of Realtors in Beaufort, South Carolina that a task force is about two weeks from completing its plan for the deal. The half-billion-dollar terminal will be located on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River just downstream from Savannah.
The task force's proposal will cover everything from how the port will be run to how much each state will pay for permits to build it.
One apparent change deals with public versus private port operation. When Sanford and Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue announced the port in March, officials from both states talked about forming a joint ports authority. Now, Davis says, leaders prefer a private company to run it. Both states' legislatures would have to approve the deal.
