New Interchange On Slate

The joint Georgia-South Carolina agency building a port on the Savannah River supports a new interchange on Interstate 95 to serve the terminal. The board of the Jasper Ocean Terminal Joint Project on Tuesday endorsed the $122 million interchange project. Officials say the interchange would create 4,000 construction jobs and open up hundreds of acres to commercial and residential development. The states are cooperating on a $500 million shipping terminal on the South Carolina side of the river just downstream from Savannah.

(Associated Press)

GA-SC port gets approval from Palmetto State

A joint partnership deal between Georgia and South Carolina to build a port on the Savannah River is now one-third approved. The South Carolina State Ports Authority has okayed the deal on their side by unanimous vote. The deal still needs the "yes" vote from the Georgia Ports Authority--meeting next week--and Georgia's Department of Transportation. The DOT owns the land in South Carolina where the port is to be built, across the river from Savannah in Jasper County.

South Carolina to buy part of Jasper Co. shipping terminal

According to a proposal being negotiated by Georgia and South Carolina, the states’ ports authorities will jointly own the site of a shipping terminal at the mouth of the Savannah River. A South Carolina newspaper reports the ports authorities would purchase the land in Jasper County on the South Carolina side of the river for about $10 million dollars. The Georgia Ports Authority currently owns the land. Officials estimate it could take at least five years and more than $600 million dollars to make the first phase of the port operational.

Plans for GA-SC joint terminal ownership

A proposal being hammered-out by the governors of Georgia and South Carolina says the states' ports authorities will jointly own the site for a shipping terminal planned at the Savannah River. Details from The State newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina say the ports authorities will buy Jasper County land for 10-million dollars. That land is currently owned by Georgia's Department of Transportation. Negotiations on the project have been ongoing since March for the planned 500-million dollar shipping terminal.

Plans for GA-SC port close to approval

A top South Carolina official says Georgia and South Carolina officials are close to striking a deal that would build a shipping terminal owned by both states. The chief of staff for South Carolina's Governor says in two weeks a task force will have a plan in place. One change could be how the facility is operated. Instead of the idea of a joint ports authority, officials now are leaning toward a private company to run the port. The 500-million dollar port will be constructed along the Savannah River in Jasper County, South Carolina--on land now owned by Georgia's Department of Transportation.