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COG seeks input on rural transportation plan
The Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments is seeking public input to assist in updating its long-range transportation plan for the region’s rural areas. The multimodal plan is meant to prioritize spending of federal funds on transportation projects in the Lowcountry over the next 25 years to improve highways, roads, bridges, transit facilities, and bicycle and pedestrian […][...]
CARTA board approves FY2020 budget
The Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority board has approved the budget for the current fiscal year, which began July 1. The budget (.pdf) has also been approved by all of the member governments of the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments, which oversees CARTA. CARTA’s fiscal year 2020 budget i[...]
New intermodal facility opens in North Charleston
A new intermodal transportation facility that had been planned for decades has opened on Gaynor Avenue in North Charleston. The one-story, 14,000-square-foot facility serves as a hub for train service from Amtrak, local bus service from the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority and regional bus service from Southeast[...]
USGA creates parking plan for U.S. Women’s Open
Attendees of the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open Championship next month in Charleston can park for free at the Citadel Mall in West Ashley. The tournament, which is expected to attract around 100,000 fans, will run from May 30 through June 2 at the Country Club of Charleston, located at 1 Country Club Drive on James […]
Updated: Coast Guard suspends search for missing dredge worker
Updated at 2:30 p.m.: The Coast Guard suspended its search for the missing dredge worker on Friday after locating his body near Orangegrove Creek. A fisherman notified Coast Guard Sector Charleston shortly before 8 a.m. that they had found something, but crews sent by the Coast Guard were unable to recover the mariner [...]
British Airways launches nonstop service at CHS
Charleston International Airport now has a nonstop, twice-weekly flight to London’s Heathrow Airport. British Airways’ inaugural LHR-CHS flight arrived in Charleston Thursday night. Airport officials and elected leaders greeted passengers to celebrate the state’s first trans-Atlantic service before the inaugural CHS-LHR flight took off a few hours later, arriving in London Friday morning. The new […][...]
State officials discuss I-526 extension contract
Charleston County assumes much of the legal and financial responsibility for its plan to extend Interstate 526 into Johns and James islands, according to an amended contract with the state and several state officials’ comments about the agreement. Charleston County, the S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank and the S.C. [...]
CARTA breaks ground on new park-and-ride lot
The Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority has broken ground on a new four-acre Rivers Avenue park-and-ride lot in North Charleston. The lot, located on Melnick Drive next to Texas Roadhouse, will feature 289 parking spaces, as well as bathrooms and bike racks. It’s the first dedicated lot owned by CARTA [...]
State, county greenlight I-526 project
State and local officials once again approved a plan to extend Interstate 526 into Johns Island and James Island, meaning the longstanding and controversial infrastructure project is back on track more than a decade after its inception. The S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank, the S.C. Department of Transportation and Charle[...]
DOT: Wando bridge was not repaired with duct tape
The S.C. Department of Transportation has answered some of the lingering questions surrounding the sudden closure and later reopening of the James B. Edwards bridge that snarled traffic across the Charleston region after a cable snapped in May. The DOT addressed a question several people seem to have asked after seeing some of t[...]
State infrastructure bank votes again to kill I-526 project
The S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank board voted 4-3 on Tuesday against funding the controversial Interstate 526 extension, once again ending its part in the project that is more than a decade into planning. The latest vote means the project will no longer have the $420 million in state funding that was originally promised to Charleston […]
COG envisions network of bus rapid transit routes
A public transit plan is in the works to help alleviate traffic woes in the Lowcountry, where booming business and a growing population are continuing to increase congestion. Between 2016 and 2017, the Lowcountry added 38 residents each day — including 28 transplants and 10 births — according to data from the U.S. Ce[...]
