Savannah Harbor Project To Include $70 Million So Fish Can Breathe
Georgia economic development officials say deepening the Savannah harbor will allow bigger ships to access the port there.
That, in turn, they say will provide a big financial boost to the state.
But Georgia taxpayers could be on the hook for a costly project related to the port deepening.
The Part of the Savannah harbor deepening project proposal includes $70-million dollars for oxygen machines so fish can breathe.
In its final report on the project released this month, the Army Corps of Engineers estimates that’s the cost to buy and set up the 20-foot-tall machines.
Running them will cost another $1.2 million each year.
The oxygen injectors would mechanically make up for a small loss of oxygen at the river bottom where fish, worms and bacteria need it to breathe. The same technology is in use at lakes and reservoirs across the U.S.
Even so, critics say using the machines to justify inflicting damage to the river goes too far.
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