WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina | Proposed NC port prompts town's traffic concerns
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Associated Press - November 27, 2009 9:15 AM ET
BOILING SPRING LAKES, N.C. (AP) - Officials in a small North Carolina city are worried truck and train traffic from a proposed international port terminal could ruin their community.
The Star-News of Wilmington reported Friday that leaders in Boiling Spring Lakes don't want the traffic leaving the port near Southport rumbling through their quiet city of about 4,000 people.
Their concerns are voiced in a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers, which is doing a feasibility study of the proposed port near the mouth of the Cape Fear River in Brunswick County.
The State Ports Authority estimates the $2 billion international container port will support nearly a half million jobs and generate more than $1 billion annually by attracting business from ports in New Jersey, Virginia and South Carolina.
Information from: The Star-News, http://starnewsonline.com
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