House Transportation and Infrastructure Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) said that $35.3 million has been allocated to the Port of Brunswick in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers annual fiscal year work plan.
“ As Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, I have made it my mission to improve the efficiency and productivity of U.S. Army Corps projects in Georgia and around the country, and I am proud to deliver this win for Georgia. Today’s announcement is a great step towards ensuring that Georgia’s economy can continue to grow with the market and supply our state and nation with critical goods, ” said Rep. Mike Collins.
“Though there is much work to be done to find a permanent solution that allows for continual on time and on budget maintenance dredging of America’s ports, I applaud the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for their commitment to the Port of Brunswick and I look forward to the port growing its footprint in the Southeast.”
A project to deepen the Brunswick Harbor was completed in 2007, but the port has not been dredged to its authorized depth of 38-feet since 2010.
The lack of depth has contributed to the slowing of ships in the passage and a reduction of ship cargo.