Charleston County News Release

Release Number: 3272

Release Date: April 27, 2011

Project website: http://www.ccroadwise.org/us17_sc61_wesley.html

Project area map: http://www.ccroadwise.org/file/images/1761wesleygraphic1110.jpg

Traffic Alert: Nighttime Lane Closures for Folly Road and Wesley Drive in West Ashley

Lane closures for U.S 17/S.C. 61/Wesley Drive Improvements Project in West Ashley

Charleston County Government announces an extended traffic alert as part of the U.S.17/S.C.61/Wesley Drive Improvements Project in West Ashley that will affect Wesley Drive and Folly Road as follows:

• Drivers should expect delays due to nighttime lane closures from 9 p.m.-6 a.m. on Friday, April 29 and Sunday, May 1 through Tuesday, May 3.

• Northbound lanes on Folly Road (heading away from Folly Beach) will be reduced to two lanes of traffic from Yeamans Road to the stoplight at Windermere Boulevard.

• The outside northbound and southbound lanes on Wesley Drive will be closed from the stoplight at Windermere Boulevard to U.S. 17 (Savannah Highway). 

• At no time during the work will the entire roadways be closed to traffic.

• The closures are necessary to continue work replacing the curb and gutter and repairing the storm drainage system on Wesley Drive.

• Drivers traveling through the project area are asked to be aware of equipment and crews. Alternative routes are recommended if possible.

• The public is also asked to notice traffic control signs, reductions in speed limit and message board information, and note that all work is dependent on weather.

Construction on the project began in January 2011. The goal of the project is to improve traffic flow, drainage, and pedestrian and bicyclist mobility. The project, which is expected to be completed in May of 2011, is funded by the Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax and managed by Charleston County Government’s RoadWise Program, in close coordination with the City of Charleston and the S.C. Department of Transportation.

Get up-to-date project information, including construction status and traffic alerts, online at http://www.ccroadwise.org/us17_sc61_wesley.html.

 

Visit the official website at www.ccroadwise.org for public meeting notices and up-to-date news and information about all Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax projects.