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$973 Million Savannah Harbor Expansion On Time and Budget By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT

Started in January 2015, the $973 million Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) is on time and budget with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers overseeing the initiative that is deepening the federally-owned channel from 42 to 47 ft. at low tide (54 ft. at high tide) from Garden City Terminal (GCT) throughout the entrance channel of the harbor, which extends 20 mi. out into the Atlantic Ocean via the Savannah River. The state of Georgia is contributing 25 percent of the cost towards the project, with the remainder being provided by the federal government.

The entire project is expected to be complete in January 2022. The Army Corps issued a $130 million contract in March 2015 to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (GLDD) for the entrance channel portion of the deepening. Work on the inner channel portion of the deepening is expected to begin this fall. The outer harbor, from the mouth of the Savannah River to the sea buoy at the entrance of the shipping channel, is now complete (including a 7-mi. extension to the channel). This constitutes half of the deepening project, while the remaining half covers the area from Fort Pulaski to the GCT. Once finished, SHEP plans to improve the operasee HARBOR page 4

The trailing suction hopper dredge “Liberty” pumping material upland on to Jones’s Island.


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