The Edgemoor Port expansion, a project backed by hundreds of millions of dollars in funding, faces another legal challenge – this time targeting the Diamond State Port Corporation and its private partner Enstructure.
It comes on top of another lawsuit filed in July by Philadelphia port operators that challenges the validity of the project’s permits, filed against the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
The most recent suit, filed July 27, is brought by five Delaware taxpayers, who take issue with the port’s management over the last eight years. It claims that DSPC did not ask the general assembly for approval or update it with developments required under Delaware law. Darrell Baker filed the suit on behalf of the group. Baker is a lobbyist for the Philadelphia port operator, Holt. Holt does not appear to have a connection to this case…