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rival/departure tracks and extension
of the track east from Chatham
Yard to new arrival/departure
tracks. Second, the project includes
rebuilding a bridge over new yard
tracks and the Pipemakers Canal.
“The bridge on SR 25 is the linchpin
of the project, allowing us to operate
linked rail yards without disturbing
neighborhood traffic,” Lynch said.
Running beneath the overpass
will be tracks from the Chatham
Yard on the south end of the terminal
extended as working tracks
at Mason Yard, as well as two additional
arrival/departure tracks. At
the Mason Yard, the project will add
two new working tracks, new storage
tracks and high-capacity rail
mounted cranes.
Schedule milestones to be
complete by the fourth quarter
of 2020 include:
• SR 25 Overpass
• Rail track connection between
Chatham and Mason ICTF
• Mason ICTF expanded to ser
vice both CSX and NS
• Rail Mounted Gantry Cranes de
livered and commissioned
The $128 million rail project is
funded in part by a $44 million federal
FASTLANE grant from the U.S.
Department of Transportation. The
remaining $84 million will be provided
by GPA internal capital funds.
The GPA is part of a three-way partnership
with Chatham County and
the Georgia Department of Transportation
that is working together
to design and construct the SR 25
Overpass. Chatham County is designing
the bridge structure to be
placed within GDOT right of way.
Funding for the overpass construction
will be provided through GPA’s
FASTLANE grant.
Also at the authority’s meeting,
Lynch updated the board on the
progress of the Savannah Harbor
Expansion Project. “To date, approximately
25 percent of the SHEP
entrance channel dredging has been
completed,” he said.
Find print-quality images of port
operations here. Georgia’s deepwater
ports and inland barge terminals
support more than 369,000
jobs throughout the state annually
and contribute $20.4 billion in income,
$84.1 billion in revenue and
$2.3 billion in state and local taxes
to Georgia’s economy. The Port of
Savannah handled 8.2 percent of
the U.S. containerized cargo volume
and 10.3 percent of all U.S. containerized
exports in CY2015.
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