Charleston County News Release

Release Number: 3453

Release Date: June 8, 2012

Project website: http://www.ccroadwise.org/projects/johnnie_dodds/index.php

Project area map: http://www.ccroadwise.org/projects/johnnie_dodds/index.php

Traffic Alert: Daytime Traffic Shifts Starting June 11 on Bowman Rd. for One Month (Johnnie Dodds Blvd. Improvements Project)

Drivers will encounter new traffic shifts on Bowman Road over the next 30 days as construction progresses on the Johnnie Dodds Boulevard Improvements Project in Mount Pleasant.

Details of the traffic shifts:

• Beginning Monday, June 11 from 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. for 30 days.

• The traffic shifts will affect drivers in both directions on Bowman Road, from Marsh Court Lane (at McDonald’s restaurant) to West Frontage Road (at East Cooper Hospital).

• The shifts are necessary to install curb and gutter, sidewalks, asphalt and conduct other construction activities.

• All construction areas and traffic shifts will be marked with construction cones and signs.

• All work is dependent on the weather.

Drivers traveling through the project’s construction zone are asked to be aware of equipment and crews working in the area at all times. Drivers are encouraged to go slow and allow additional time to reach their destinations safely.

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 to note that all road work is dependent on the weather.

The goal of the project, which is expected to be completed in the spring of 2013, is to improve the traffic flow in and out of Mount Pleasant, especially before and after school and work hours. The project is funded by the Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax and managed by Charleston County Government’s RoadWise Program, in close coordination with the Town of Mount Pleasant and the S.C. Department of Transportation.

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

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