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Conservation groups are trying to get a federal judge to prevent work from moving ahead on a $650 million dollar deepening project of the Savannah River shipping channel.

The speaker of the Georgia House says a delay could be devastating. Republican David Ralston from Blue Ridge was in Albany Wednesday stumping for District 151 candidate Gerald Greene.

He says the Savannah port expansion is vital to Georgia's economy and would create jobs here in southwest Georgia. "Having the capacity to move more of Georgia's products out I think is going to be probably the greatest economic development project not only of this generation but for several generations to come for the state," said Ralston. 

Those conservation groups are suing, claiming the Army Corps of Engineers needs a South Carolina permit now to do the work. The Corps wants a judge to dismiss the suit saying it's premature because the groups have not been harmed.

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