The artery pumping people and cars through Port Wentworth and Effingham County is getting a major upgrade ahead of plans to widen Highway 21 by 2029.
Officials gathered Thursday morning to celebrate not only the groundbreaking of a new traffic light in front of the Rice Hope neighborhood, but the beginning of the construction of what will be the Port Wentworth Commerce Center.
The center will be a 1,000+ acre, 10-million-square foot business park, with warehouses and potentially light manufacturing facilities available…