SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The federal government said Saturday it has given final approval to a $652 million project to deepen the river channel to the Port of Savannah to make room for supersized cargo ships.
The project has been a priority for Georgia for 16 years, but it also still faces a court challenge in neighboring South Carolina. And budget cuts have made it difficult in recent years to get federal funding approved by Congress, though President Barack Obama promised in July to expedite work expanding Savannah and other ports his administration deemed nationally significant.
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