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: 3121

Release Date: June 11, 2010

Traffic Alert: Construction Begins on US 17/Old Jacksonboro Road Intersection Improvements

Charleston County will oversee project funded by the Transportation Sales Tax

Charleston County Government announces that construction will beginning next week on the intersection of US 17 and Old Jacksonboro Road in the town of Ravenel and is expected to be completed by early August 2010.

The project is funded by the Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax and managed by the Charleston County RoadWise Program. The US 17/Old Jacksonboro Road Intersection project was requested by the town of Ravenel, and Charleston County Council approved the project as part of the 2007 Intersection Improvements category of the Transportation Sales Tax Program.

The project description is as follows:

• Old Jacksonboro Road will be realigned to create a T-shaped intersection with US 17 for improved sight distance and safety.
   

• The construction of dedicated right-turn and left-turn lanes from Old Jacksonboro Road into the new E.B. Ellington Elementary School.
   

• The construction of dedicated right-turn and left- turn lanes from US 17 onto Old Jacksonboro Road.

Immediate construction efforts that may impact traffic are:

• Effective June 14, 2010, the intersection of US 17 and Old Jacksonboro Road will be closed to traffic and a detour will be established in order to expedite the work on the intersection.
   

• Vehicles will not be able to turn onto Old Jacksonboro Road from US 17.
   

• A detour will be established that will take vehicles down Landover Road to Old Jacksonboro Road. Landover Road is located to the west (toward the Town of Ravenel) from the closed intersection.
   

• Local traffic will access Old Jacksonboro from the intersection with Landover Road.

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

As work arises on the project that could disrupt traffic, 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.