January 2008
Georgia DOT, Georgia Ports Authority and South Carolina State
Ports Authority sign an intergovernmental agreement outlining
specifics of a bi-state port in Jasper County.
February 2008
The Savannah Maritime Commission is
established to oversee South Carolina’s interests
in the bi-state port proceedings.
July 2008
SCSPA and GPA unanimously approve acquisition of 1,518 acres
from GDOT to be jointly owned by the two ports authorities.
Each state pays half of the $7.59 million total, $5,000 per
acre. Property ownership is transferred on July 25, 2008.
October 2008
The JPO hires Moffat & Nichols, a firm that has worked for SCSPA and GPA in the past, to be the project manager for the Jasper Ocean Terminal process. The firm will conduct "preliminary terminal planning, economic analyses, market studies, dredged material management and conceptual infrastructure planning." Among other things, this project manager will be responsible for conducting the studies to choose a new site for the dredge spoils that currently occupy the Jasper port site. This study and spoil site selection must occur before the project can move forward.
