$15M To Be Spent On Studies for South Carolina-Georgia Port

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina and Georgia will spend about $15 million during the next three years on studies for a joint $4.5 billion containership terminal.

The board of the Jasper Ocean Terminal on Wednesday approved a $5 million budget for the fiscal year beginning in July and was told that the same amount will be needed the following two years.

The massive 1,500-acre terminal is planned for the South Carolina side of the Savannah River not far downstream from Savannah, Georgia.

Three related studies must be completed before construction. One focuses on the environmental impact of the new terminal. A second will gauge the impact of building it in an area now used to pile silt dredged from the river.

The third deals with the impact on existing navigation on the river.