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: 3119

Release Date: June 9, 2010

See project Web page: http://www.ccroadwise.org/victoria_ave.html

See map of project: http://www.ccroadwise.org/file/images/location_map.jpg

See photos from groundbreaking ceremony: http://www.charlestoncounty.org/newsimages/VictoriaAveSidewalk.htm

Construction Begins on Victoria Avenue Sidewalk Project

Charleston County will oversee 4,600-foot sidewalk in North Charleston funded by the Transportation Sales Tax

Charleston County Government announces that construction is beginning on a 4,600-foot sidewalk and a pedestrian bridge on Victoria Avenue in North Charleston.

A ground-breaking ceremony was held on June 9, 2010 to kick-off the construction effort, which is expected to be completed in September 2010.

The following local officials spoke at the event:

• Teddie E. Pryor, Sr., Charleston County Council Chairman
• Mayor Keith Summey, City of North Charleston
• Bob King, City of North Charleston Council member
• (Note: Representative Seth Whipper and Henry Darby, Charleston County Council member, were scheduled to speak, but sent their regrets that they were unable to attend the event.)

The project is funded by the Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax and managed by the Charleston County RoadWise Program.

Charleston County Council approved the project as a 2008 Local Paving Project. Public input meetings were held in 2008, allowing citizens to review and comment on the plans for the project.

The project description is as follows:

• The sidewalk will be 4,600 feet in length and will be five feet wide

• It will begin at the intersection of Park Place North and North Rhett Avenue, and will be constructed along Park Place North to Victoria Avenue.

• It will continue along the east side of Victoria Avenue ending at the existing sidewalk on Maxwell Street.

• Portions of the existing ditch on Victoria Avenue will be filled with drainage pipes to accommodate the new sidewalk.

• A pedestrian bridge will be constructed over the existing canal.

All motorists traveling through the project area are asked to be aware of equipment and crews during construction. The public is asked to take notice of traffic control signs and to note that all road work is dependent on the weather.

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

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 on Transportation Sales Tax programs.