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Article: Council of State approves deal to make way for new port.(Y)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 8, 2006
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RALEIGH -- Associated press
RALEIGH - A council of the state's top elected officials cleared the way Tuesday for the $30 million purchase of a 600-acre tract near Southport that planners hope to transform into one of the largest international ports on the East Coast.
"We are very early in the process, but this is a key step toward our goal of building a major new economic engine for North Carolina," Tom Eagar, the chief executive officer of the state Ports Authority, said after the Council of State approved the deal. "The N.C. International Port will provide a missing link, a gigantic boost to economic development to attract the major manufacturing and ...