Spaceport Camden, which will be the only exclusively vertical, non-federal range on the East Coast, has been named a top infrastructure project in the United States.
CG/LA Infrastructure,a global infrastructure strategy firm, has named Spaceport Camden to its Strategic 50 U.S. Infrastructure Projects list. The list identifies, selects, and ranks the priority infrastructure projects in the United States essential for creating jobs, competitiveness, and economic growth.
All of the projects selected by CG/LA Infrastructure are positioned to harness strong support from throughout the government, labor, business, and the user community and all are projects that can, and should, start in 2019. The vision for Spaceport Camden is to develop a successful world-class commercial spaceport through a public-private partnership that establishes Camden County as the Commercial Space Center of the United States.
“Georgia is already the number one state to do business and now Spaceport Camden is a top 50 infrastructure project in the United States,” said County Administrator and Spaceport Camden project lead, Steve Howard. “This should send a strong message to the rapidly growing commercial space industry that Camden County, Georgia is the best place in America to launch a rocket and a space company. Georgia is primed to become the epicenter of commercial space flight in the United States.”
The proposed Camden Spaceport site is located on the I-95 corridor next to the Atlantic Ocean and is surrounded by a large undeveloped buffer zone. Coastal Camden County provides a nearly unrestricted launch range for the launch of spacecraft to a wide range of orbits. Camden County is also home to a former rocket testing facility that is ideal for space vehicle manufacturing and can provide ready access to existing space launch sites in both Virginia and Florida.
Spaceport Camden will be recognized during CG/LA Infrastructure’s 3rd Blueprint 2025 Leadership Forum in Washington, DC — an event featuring high-level US Government Officials speaking on upcoming US infrastructure policies, including: Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and FAA Administrator Daniel Elwell.
CG/LA Infrastructure is headed by Norman Anderson a recognized expert on infrastructure deal flow in the US and internationally, aimed at increasing growth, sustained job creation and wealth in economies worldwide. In 2017, the Trump Administration tapped Anderson to prioritize projects for its $1 trillion infrastructure plan.
