The NC State Ports Authority has spent about US$10.2 million planning a proposed megaport in Brunswick County, but after a tumultuous few days, the agency is "re-evaluating where we are" with the project, McClatchy-Tribune Regional News reported.

       Exactly what that means is unclear, but the words came in response to questions about the project's future, including whether port officials still believed there is economic justification for the $2 billion-plus NC International Terminal and whether it still hoped to open the facility in this decade.

       It was a rough week for the Ports Authority, which has been planning the huge container terminal for several years.