![]() “This effort ensures the harbor will improve the ability of Savannah to meet the demands of today and tomorrow.” Hibner, commander of the Corps’ Savannah District said. “The Savannah District continues to manage the intensely complicated task of coordinating dredge actions and placement of dredged material to ensure safety, compliance with contract requirements and timeliness to reach our goal of completing this major deepening in January 2022,” Col. ![]() The outer harbor, a roughly 20-mile channel extending into the Atlantic Ocean, has already been deepened to 49 feet at low tide. The inner harbor constitutes the final portion. The entire deepening project is approximately 62 percent complete. The dredges work without disrupting the flow of commercial traffic to or from the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal and other facilities along the river. The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) includes two dredges keeping the channel at its current authorized depth of 42 feet followed by two dredges taking the channel to its new depth of 47 feet. I can assure you that we will get the job done,” Higgs concluded.Robert Morris, Chief Communications Officer, Ga., May 31, 2020– The deepening of the Savannah harbor has set a new precedent with four dredges working simultaneously, the Army Corps of Engineers announced. Until then, keep my feet to the fire, hold me responsible and remember that former government and the Interim Administration before that were not able to remove this vessel during their terms in office. “Believe me it would not be there a day after we have cut through the “Red Tape” and all systems are set on go, for its removal. ![]() Higgs said that no one gets any pleasure from having this boat on the beach and he accepts that it has been there too long already. We are working diligently on this matter,” he explained in his comments. The approach my ministry is taking, is consistent with our PFM Ordinance and should net considerable savings to our tax-payers. Had the M/V Mega One Triton been moved in the first few days after it washed up on the beach, during the interim Administration, it would have costed TCIG a few hundred dollars. We are committed to doing so in a way that is safe, and with a budget that makes sense. “My ministry, and by extension my government, is committed to removing this eyesore from one of Our Islands’ most popular beach. Higgs, estimates to have it removed during the former administration approached close to $3 Million Dollars. In addition, Higgs noted that it is the same “Red Tape” that prevent the former administration from moving it during their term in office.Īccording to Mr. In fact, it may have gotten worse under this new constitution.” Missick, that the same bureaucracy that prevented the speedy removal of the boat when she served in the Interim Administration, still exists. He added: “I would like to remind my friend Mrs. “As minister with shared responsibility for the removal of the M/v Mega One Triton from Governor’s Beach, I would like to reassure the public that my ministry has not grown tired or weary in our efforts to have this vessel removed. Ralph Higgs recently announced via a Facebook post on Monday December 3rd that his Ministry is making progress in the removal of MV Mega One shipwreck from Governor’s Beach in Grand Turk.
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