Why Should Delaware Care?The Port of Wilmington, a state-owned facility, is one of the last anchors of high-paying, blue-collar jobs in northern Delaware. It also has been the center of controversy for years, particularly with respect to ambitious but controversial plans to expand through construction of a new container terminal in Edgemoor.
A brief remark from Gov. Matt Meyer two weeks ago about what he said was “the need for (an) automated container port” has reignited a backlash from the longshoremen’s union that last fall went on strike over that issue, among others.
The backlash adds to what have been months of tensions between the governor on one side and lawmakers and certain union officials on the other over how to carry out long-delayed plans to expand the Port of Wilmington through construction of a new container facility in Edgemoor…