Charleston County News Release

MEDIA CONTACT

Name:   Jennie Davis Flinn, Charleston County Public Information Officer

Phone: (843) 958-4012

Email:   jflinn@charlestoncounty.org

Release Number: 3095

Release Date: April 9, 2010

See project information online: http://www.ccroadwise.org/folly_maybank.html

Lane Closures Planned for Paving of Folly/Maybank Intersection Project

Roadwork along Folly Road and Maybank Highway to affect traffic April 11-23.

The Charleston County RoadWise Program will paving a portion of the Folly Road and Maybank Highway Intersection Improvement Project beginning ­­­­Sunday, April 11, through Friday, April 23.

Because the work involves paving portions of Folly Road, Old Folly Road and Maybank Highway, lanes will have to be temporarily closed to traffic. However, work will only be conducted between 9 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. to reduce impacts on traffic, and at no point will the entire roadway be blocked to traffic.

The public is asked to take notice of traffic control signs and message board information. All road work is dependent on the weather.

“We are excited to be in the final phase of the project, which includes laying new asphalt on the improved intersection roadways,” said Steve Thigpen, Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax Program Chief Program Engineer. “To date, we’ve added new traffic signals, lighting, sidewalks and an improved drainage system throughout the intersections of Folly Road, Old Folly Road and Maybank Highway.”

After the asphalt is laid, the next phase of the project will be to activate the new traffic signals located at the intersections of Old Folly Road/Folly Road and Old Folly Road/Maybank Highway. The public will be notified in advance when this occurs.

The intersection improvements for Folly Road and Maybank Highway, expected to be completed by May 2010, are funded by the Transportation Sales Tax and managed by the Charleston County RoadWise Program.

Any other road work on the project that could disrupt traffic will be announced through news releases issued to local media and posted on both the Charleston County Government and Charleston County RoadWise Web sites.

When completed, the Folly Road and Maybank Highway Intersection Improvement Project will include:

• Signaled left turns, with mast-arm stoplights, from Folly Road onto Old Folly Road and from Old Folly Road onto Maybank Highway.

• New, lighted and landscaped medians on Maybank Highway, Folly Road and Old Folly Road. 

• Sidewalks with pedestrian lighting along Maybank Highway, Folly Road and Old Folly Road.

• New storm water drainage facilities with a new 60-inch drainage pipe crossing underneath Maybank Highway and Wappoo Creek Drive as well as new curbs and gutters throughout the project area.

• New pavement markings, including crosswalks and signs.

The public can get up-to-date project information, including construction status and traffic alerts, online at http://www.ccroadwise.org/folly_maybank.html.

Charleston County RoadWise is the name of 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 the official Web site at www.ccroadwise.org for public meeting notices and up-to-date news and information about all Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax projects.