Savannah study recommends 47-foot depth
Regulatory/Transport

Thursday, April 12, 2012
   The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a report Wednesday recommending the Savannah River be deepened from 42 to 47 feet.    The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project study, which consists of a General Re-evaluation Report and an Environmental Impact Statement, looked at options ranging from keeping the harbor at its current depth to deepening it to 48 feet. It concluded that deepening the harbor from its current depth of 42 feet to 47 feet is "economically viable, environmentall...
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