Rail terminal set for construction

NW Ga. railway to link to Savannah port

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, right, announces a Memorandum of Agreement to establish the Appalachian Regional Port near Chatsworth, Ga. Tuesday, as other officials look on. The new railway will connect industries in north Ga. to Savannah's port without the costly expense of having to truck goods through the Atlanta area. - photo by ASSOCIATED PRESS/Georgia Port Authority

W Rail Port GA Ledb — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, right, announces a Memorandum of Agreement to establish the Appalachian Regional Port near Chatsworth, Ga. Tuesday, as other officials look on. The new railway will connect industries in north Ga. to Savannah's port without the costly expense of having to truck goods through the Atlanta area. - photo by ASSOCIATED PRESS/Georgia Port Authority

SAVANNAH — Banking on demand from local carpet manufacturers as well as automakers in neighboring states, the Georgia Ports Authority is building a $24 million inland terminal that will move cargo by railroad between industries north of Atlanta and the Port of Savannah about 300 miles away. Construction on the Appalachian Regional Port is scheduled to begin before the end of the year on 42 acres formerly used to raise cattle in Murray County. The site sits about 90 miles north of Atlanta and 40 miles southeast of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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