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Charleston
County RoadWise News Release
MEDIA
CONTACT
Name: Jennie
Davis, Charleston County Public Information Officer
Phone: 843.958.4012
Email:
jdavis@charlestoncounty.org
Release Number: 3028
Release
Date: July 1, 2009
See project feasibility study online:
http://www.ccroadwise.org/file/doc/ashleyriverbridgeretrofitstudy.pdf
Public
Meeting on Ashley River Bridge Bicycle and Pedestrian Path Project, July 9
Public meeting from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, at St. Andrews Elementary
School to discuss plans for a bicycle and pedestrian path from Albemarle Road to
the Ashley River Bridge
Charleston County Government is holding a public meeting from 6-8 p.m. on
Thursday, July 9, to gather input on a proposed
Transportation Sales Tax funded project located within the city of
Charleston for a new bicycle and pedestrian path from Albemarle Road to
the Ashley River Bridge.
The
meeting will be held in the cafeteria of St. Andrews Elementary School (30
Chadwick Drive; Charleston, SC 29407).
Anyone who
attends the meeting will receive information on the path forward for the project
and will have an opportunity to make comments, ask questions, review conceptual
designs and vote on alternative alignments for the proposed bicycle and
pedestrian path.
Public
comments on this project will be received through July 23, 2009, through the
official Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax Web site at
www.ccroadwise.com.
Description of the
three proposed alternatives:
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Alternative A: Contains approximately 2,700 linear feet of elevated
boardwalk to cross the existing wetlands. This alternative most closely
follows the existing roadway network. This alternative has the most impact
to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control's Office of Ocean
and Coastal Resource Management (DHEC-OCRM) Critical Area.
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Alternative C: Contains approximately 1,300 linear feet of elevated
boardwalk. This alternative takes the most direct route across existing
wetlands, has the least impact to the state jurisdictional Critical Area,
but has a greater right-of way impact.
According
to DHEC-OCRM, the Critical Area includes all coastal waters, tidelands, the
beach/dune system and beaches. In this case, the critical area would be
delineated based on vegetation (i.e. marsh grasses), soil type and
slope/elevation. The state has jurisdiction over all tidelands/critical areas,
and proposed impacts must be permitted through DHEC-OCRM.
The
initial
Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax referendum was approved by voters
in November of 2004. Collection of the
Transportation Sales Tax began in May of 2005 and will continue for 25 years
or until $1.303 billion is generated for transportation and greenspace related
projects and improvements.
Charleston County RoadWise is the name of the Charleston County Government’s
management program for the construction of roads, highways, resurfacing, paving
and drainage projects that are funded by the Transportation Sales Tax.
Visit
www.ccroadwise.com for more information on this and other projects, public
meeting notices and up-to-date news and information.
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