Greer ‘inland port’ may be new SC economic engine

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GREER, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina leaders stood on an expanse of gravel and mud Friday, promising in six months that patch of land in Greer would boost the state’s economy in ways not seen for a generation.

The state Ports Authority held a groundbreaking for what it calls an inland port. There, shipping containers will come by rail from the port in Charleston and be put on trucks, planes or other trains to be shipped across the country and around the world.

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