Vote anticipated on widening Charleston Harbor

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) said he expects a final Senate vote on the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) bill this week.  The legislation is seen as critical to ensuring the harbor deepening project remains on track and Charleston Harbor is deepened to 52 feet. Over 60 percent of the weekly vessel calls in Charleston are now the larger ‘post-Panamax’ ships.  However these ships can only dock when the tides allow.  Harbor deepening will provide the Port the ability to handle these ships 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. “Jobs, both today and in the future, are at stake with the harbor deepening project,” said Graham.