This week’s installment of On Our Radar crunches the numbers behind a new interactive City of Savannah map that tracks its top 20 private developments in 2023 based on their dollar valuations. The top projects have warehouse and industrial uses, while the next largest type of development is for apartments. This edition also features the […]
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Feel like summer yet? Savannah’s heat index could reach 110 degrees, forecasters say
Summer is not letting its 2024 premier go unnoticed. After potential storms over the weekend, heat-index readings approaching 110 degrees are possible beginning Monday in the Savannah area and the South Carolina Lowcountry, forecasters warned Friday. Outer bands from a tropical system off the coast of Florida brought intermittent showers to the Georgia coast Friday […]
Georgia politicians urge federal study to deepen Savannah’s harbor again
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Every member of Congress from Georgia signed a letter calling for a study to determine whether the busy shipping channel to the Port of Savannah needs to be deepened again after a $937 million harbor expansion that was just completed in 2022. The offices of Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican […]
$30M federal grant aims to ease flooding in Savannah’s Springfield Canal area
A $30 million federal grant will help address drainage issues in two historic West Savannah neighborhoods near the Springfield Canal. The City of Savannah will pick up $12 million in funding for the $42 million project to reduce flooding in the historic Carver Village and Cloverdale neighborhoods, according to an announcement Friday. The Building Resilient […]