As Taxpayer Funds Deplete, SC Ports Puts Sole Focus on Rail Project

Written by David Wren, SC Daily Gazette.

The $550 million in taxpayer funding that South Carolina lawmakers set aside for two projects at the Port of Charleston will now be used for just one — a rail-based cargo hub adjacent to the Leatherman Terminal in North Charleston.

The Navy Base Intermodal Facility, where cargo containers will be transferred between trucks and trains, is over budget and behind schedule…

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