im sorry for pointing this out, becaus it does need to be said:
i understand the need for ports, but why can't we just manufacture locally? whatever happened to localized manufacture of goods?
the global market put themselves in such a hardship knowing full well a major global disaster was coming, and did that for the last 30 years.
and shipping from asia/china is gonna decrease over the coming years, because mexico is poised to be the next driver of global goods, and china is having economic problems as well.
so building such a bridge might not be good long term, and cross country interstate and rail projects might be the new norm. i suspect thats why many states like arkansas and tennessee is working on their interstates now.
the global economy is shifting, and the bridge might not be needed long term if the majority of goods made goes from china to mexico.
i imagine the only thing georgia is doing right now is making sure the port stays relevant in the long term, perhaps to ship stuff from asia and the middle east to savanna.
The reason is simple. Offshore companies (some with extensive government subsidies, a few without) offered lower prices for goods even after shipping. After all of the US manufacturing capability closed up shop (some even sent their machines overseas), the prices crept up to the same or higher levels than the US produced goods had previously had been. ( a lot of the increase is in shipping cost) To fill the price point the internationally produced goods had initially filled were lower quality, less durable goods were produced. The Japanese are beat up because they cannot compete in the export business, at least Japanese customers have some loyalty to home built products.
By the way, the short-term solution is to raise the bridge using jacks and new bearings.
japanese are kinda beat up, but as a avid enjoyer of their more finer arts, i have to say the japanese aren't that beat up when it comes to competition with hollywood and bollywood. not much beats anime.
the cars are also for the most part better than the american counterparts, aside from nissan. but i wouldn't say the japanese are beat up because they can't compete in the export business, as they export a lot of goods and culture to the west. they are suffering from low birth rates, overwork, and a elderly population, much like the rest of the world is experiencing. other industries im not sure about, but im pretty sure for the majority of japanese industry those 3 main problems are why japan is probably gonna go into a bad recession soon.
but im not sure how the price of goods from a international scale has much of a point post-covid. especially since the supply chain suffered a lot during the pandemic. i doubt the port of savanna is gonna remain a valid shipping port, but it could very well be a cheaper port to go to in the future. many companies are now looking to shipping products closer to home, and thats why i mentioned mexico would be a major producer, as theres now a lot of investment pouring into mexico rn.
it would not surprise me if mexico is seen overtaking china as a economic power. the only 2 things mexico has problems in that can hinder such progress, is crime and education. however i imagine that'll change in the coming years, as investment money pours into the country.