Savannah Port to Handle More Freight, but How Will Roads, Rails Handle Extra Load?
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
One aspect of the Savannah Harbor deepening project has received scant attention: How is all that additional freight to get in and out of the port? New York’s answer to its growing volume is six-hour traffic jams at its terminals.
Curtis Foltz doesn’t expect Savannah to follow New York’s lead. But Foltz, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority, sees road and rail access to the port as an important issue the state and federal governments can’t afford to ignore.
