$15M to be Spent on Studies for South Carolina-Georgia Port

Thursday, June 16th, 2016

South Carolina and Georgia will spend about $15 million during the next three years on studies for a joint $4.5 billion container ship terminal to be built along the state line.

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 port agencies from the two states are splitting the cost of the studies.

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