Tradition Hilton Head, Hardeeeville, S.C. – Tradition Hilton Head played host to U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson and his Washington and South Carolina staff for a meeting on the status of South Carolina’s and Georgia’s joint deepwater maritime terminal on the Savannah River south of Hardeeville on Aug. 21.
About 50 people attended the meeting in a Cornerstone Homes house at Tradition Hilton Head. Members of the Savannah River Maritime Commission, including Martin Sauls IV of Tradition Hilton Head, and the Jasper Ocean Terminal Joint Project Office, including Bill Bethea, a Beaufort County attorney and former member of the S.C. State Ports Authority’s board of directors, led the marine terminal update meeting.
Savannah River Maritime Commission members were appointed by Gov. Mark Sanford to represent South Carolina’s interests in navigability, depth, dredging, wastewater and sludge disposal, and related issues in regard to the use of the Savannah River as a waterway for ocean-going cargo vessels.
The Jasper Ocean Terminal Joint Project Office was formed by South Carolina and Georgia to move the project forward, including overseeing feasibility studies, business planning, environmental assessments and the release of federal easements on the property.
Photo, from left, Martin Sauls IV of Tradition Hilton Head and member of the Savannah River Maritime Commission; U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson; and Bronco Bostick, mayor of Hardeeville.
