Trains will deliver cargo from the Port of Savannah to Chatsworth, so that will mean fewer big trucks on the road — 135 fewer a day, according to Georgia Ports Authority estimates.
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Metro Atlanta could soon see 50,000 fewer tractor-trailers on its roads each year.
The Georgia Ports Authority will open a new inland port next fall in Chatsworth, about two hours north of downtown Atlanta.
Trains will deliver cargo from the Port of Savannah to Chatsworth, so that will mean fewer big trucks on the road — 135 fewer a day, according to ports authority estimates.
Natalie Dale, Georgia Department of Transportation’s spokesperson, said that’s a drop in the bucket but:
“Anytime five cars become one because people join a carpool, and you take four cars off the road, that may not be the biggest impact, but it’s still helpful.”
Griffith Lynch, GPA’s executive director, said right now the ports authority transports freight with trains a little less than 20 percent of the time. He said GPA is working to increase that number to 25 percent.
Chatsworth will be the ports authority’s second inland port. It already has one in Cordele.
