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Charleston
County RoadWise News Release
MEDIA
CONTACT
Name: Jennie
Davis Flinn, Charleston County Public Information Officer
Phone: (843)
958-4012
Email:
jflinn@charlestoncounty.org
Release Number: 3078
Release
Date: February 9, 2010
See
Information Online:
http://www.ccroadwise.org/file/doc/glendale20810.pdf
Feb. 18
Public Meeting on Intersection Improvements: SC 61 and Glendale Drive
Public meeting from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18, at Springfield
Elementary School to discuss plans for intersection improvements
Charleston County Government is holding a public meeting from 6:30 – 8:30
p.m. on
Thursday,
Feb. 18, to gather input on a proposed
project located in West Ashley to improve the intersection of SC 61 (Ashley
River Road) and Glendale Drive.
The
meeting will be held in the cafeteria of Springfield Elementary School (2741
Clover Street; Charleston, SC 29414). The project is funded by the
Transportation Sales Tax.
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 and review
conceptual designs.
Public
comments on this project will be received through March 4, 2010, through the
official Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax Web site at
www.ccroadwise.com.
Description of the
proposed improvements:
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Add a
left turn lane along northbound SC 61 at Glendale Drive.
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Reconfigure the Glendale Drive and Ida-Mor Drive intersection to include
possible turn restrictions or the closure of Ida-Mor Drive at Glendale
Drive.
Background on the
Transportation Sales Tax:
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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