SC Ports gives private update on public rail yard project

By: David Wren

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: February 25, 2026

Words: 591

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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A group of state legislators heard an update Tuesday on a North Charleston rail yard that’s costing taxpayers at least $550 million, but the discussion was almost entirely out of the public’s view.

Micah Mallace, the head of the S.C. State Ports Authority, told members of the legislative Joint Bond Review Committee that the latest news on the 118-acre rail yard — dubbed the Navy Base Intermodal Facility — couldn’t be shared in open …

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