Feb. 18 Public Meeting on Intersection Improvements: SC 61 and Glendale Drive

Charleston County RoadWise News Release

 

MEDIA CONTACT

Name:   Jennie Davis Flinn, Charleston County Public Information Officer

Phone: (843) 958-4012

Email:   jflinn@charlestoncounty.org 

 

Release Number: 3078

Release Date: February 9, 2010

 

 

See Information Online: http://www.ccroadwise.org/file/doc/glendale20810.pdf

 

Feb. 18 Public Meeting on Intersection Improvements: SC 61 and Glendale Drive

            Public meeting from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18, at Springfield Elementary School to discuss plans for intersection improvements

 

Charleston County Government is holding a public meeting from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18, to gather input on a proposed project located in West Ashley to improve the intersection of SC 61 (Ashley River Road) and Glendale Drive.

 

The meeting will be held in the cafeteria of Springfield Elementary School (2741 Clover Street; Charleston, SC 29414). The project is funded by the Transportation Sales Tax.

 

Anyone who attends the meeting will receive information on the path forward for the project and will have an opportunity to make comments, ask questions and review conceptual designs.

 

Public comments on this project will be received through March 4, 2010, through the official Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax Web site at www.ccroadwise.com.

 

Description of the proposed improvements:   

  • Add a left turn lane along northbound SC 61 at Glendale Drive.

  • Reconfigure the Glendale Drive and Ida-Mor Drive intersection to include possible turn restrictions or the closure of Ida-Mor Drive at Glendale Drive.

 

Background on the Transportation Sales Tax:

The initial Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax referendum was approved by voters in November of 2004. Collection of the Transportation Sales Tax began in May of 2005 and will continue for 25 years or until $1.303 billion is generated for transportation and greenspace related projects and improvements.

 

Charleston County RoadWise is the name of the 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 www.ccroadwise.com for more information on this and other projects, public meeting notices and up-to-date news and information.