SCDOT preparing to start work on I-26 expansion this spring
The project should be completed by 2024
In just a few months, parts of I-26 will undergo a face-lift.
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Memorial Day travel Plans from SCDOT: Lane closures prohibited on Interstates
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Are you hitting the road this weekend? For the Memorial Day weekend, the South Carolina Department of Transportation announced it will prohibit lane closures on interstate highways for non-emergency highway work. The SCDOT says these restrictions will be in place from 6 a.m. on Friday, May 24, until 6 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28. According to SCDOT officials…
SCDOT prohibiting lane closures to ease Memorial Day travel
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Memorial Day typically kicks off the summer travel season. This Memorial Day the South Carolina Department of Transportation announced it will prohibit lane closures on interstate highways for non-emergency highway work. The SCDOT says these restrictions will be in place from 6 a.m. on Friday, May 24, until 6 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28. According to SCDOT officials…
SCDOT encourages community to report area potholes
Community can help SCDOT combat area potholes. COLUMBIA S.C. (WOLO)-South Carolina’s Department of Transportation is asking that people report area potholes. SCDOT will be conducting statewide pothole repairs in what they are calling a “pothole blitz”. Officials say a rainy fall and early winter has contributed to the increase in potholes. This is in an effort to repair roads and…
SCDOT to start pothole blitz to fix bad roads
Today the State Department of transportation announced they are launching a hot line to fix potholes caused by recent heavy rains.
All lane reversals for Florence will go back to normal today: SCDOT
South Carolina Department of Transportation say that all lane reversals for Hurricane Florence will go back to normal today.
3 SCDOT Workers Indicted In Separate Kickback Schemes
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A grand jury has indicted three former Department of Transportation workers in three different kickback schemes at the agency’s Richland County office. The indictments unsealed Thursday say former Field Operations Manager Charles Shirley created a road work company with his neighbor Allen Ray. Shirley then directed money from the state shop to Ray’s company, taking more…
Supreme Court: Haley Can’t Appoint DOT Secretary
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The leadership of South Carolina’s Department of Transportation is in question following a state Supreme Court ruling. The state’s highest court on Wednesday threw out a clause in the state budget allowing Gov. Nikki Haley to continue appointing the DOT secretary. The court ruled the clause was unrelated to the budget. Under the 2007 law that…
SCDOT Numbers Show Roundabouts Cut Accidents, Injuries
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — More traffic circles are being built in South Carolina and figures from the state Department of Transportation show they help reduce the number of accidents and injuries at intersections. The Independent Mail of Anderson reports 15 traffic circles have been built in the state. DOT numbers show those traffic circles have resulted in a 74 percent…
Committee Approves Interim Director Hall to Run SCDOT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The Senate Transportation Committee has unanimously approved appointing Christy Hall to run the Department of Transportation. Hall has been the interim director of the state road agencies since last year, and lawmakers gave her high marks for handling the massive damage to state roads and bridges caused by October’s massive floods. After Wednesday’s vote, Hall’s nomination…
