I-26 widening to start in two weeksBy Warren Wise (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Saturday, July 12, 2008
For more informationFor updates on I-26 construction and sign up for e-mail traffic alerts, go to the project Web site. Get ready for a lot of orange barrels, concrete barriers and lane shifts on your interstate commute for the next three years. Widening Interstate 26 to eight lanes from Mark Clark Expressway to Ashley Phosphate Road in North Charleston starts in two weeks, on Aug. 4. "It will be the most radical transformation of an interstate in the Lowcountry that anyone has ever seen," said Earl Capps of the U.S. Group Inc., which won the construction contract for the $66 million project. The 2.9-mile project will include nearly a complete makeover of both the Aviation Avenue and Remount Road interchanges with new on- and off- ramps and collector lanes beneath the bridges. Lane closures will not be allowed during the daytime. Read more in Sunday's editions of The Post and Courier. |
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Posted by HighDef on July 12, 2008 at 9:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
About time ! Why those deathtrap ramps on reumont /aviation were not fixed earlier is beyond me ?
They could just put a sign up directing all Summerville/West of Ashley Phos traffic, to the passing lane thus freeing up the inside lane for ashley phos/Goose creek drivers but then again South Carolinians love driving like nascar drivers ???
Posted by farfallaspeaks on July 12, 2008 at 10:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)
this is the saddest news i've heard all day. 66 million for just a little over 2 miles. what a waste of money.
wouldn't it have been more efficient to invest 66 million in public transportation? in 3 years the price of gas should be $7 per gallon. that alone should fix the traffic problem.
Posted by catburger00 on July 12, 2008 at 11:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"It will be the most radical transformation of an interstate in the Lowcountry that anyone has ever seen,"
Bold statement! When was the last transformation of an interstate in the Lowcountry, anyway?
Posted by izzydone on July 12, 2008 at 2:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What is sadder, is that by the time they build it. With the growth that the Charleston area is doing. It will be need to be widened again.