Gainesville may be nearly 300 miles from the Port of Savannah, but the impact of a planned $142 million expansion and improvement project could hit close to home, according to at least one local official. “We are extremely fortunate to be as close to a world-class port facility as we are,” said Tim Evans, vice president of economic development with the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce. “With nearly 30 percent of Hall County employment coming from manufacturing and processing, the Port of Savannah is critical infrastructure to those jobs and their employees that depend on the port as a key link in the supply chain of imported components and exported finished goods.”
Planned Savannah port expansion could affect Hall
$142 million worth of improvements planned
