By Martine Wolfe-Miller, Town of Mount Pleasant Communications
Manager
MOUNT
PLEASANT, SC (November 18, 2016) – Following the one-year anniversary of
the flood of the century and this year’s passage of Hurricane Matthew, the Public
Services Department is completing several significant stormwater projects as
part of the Town’s ambitious Capital Improvement Plan. Over the past two years
the Town of Mount Pleasant has spent $2.3 million rehabbing 27,000 feet of
pipe. The process of rehabbing stormwater infrastructure includes inspecting
the inside of the pipes with video camera, reviewing the footage to assess the
damage and then lining the pipes for an additional 50 more years of use.
“That’s
over five miles of pipes rehabbed for our citizens” said Mayor Linda Page.
“We've inspected 37,505 feet, which is over seven miles out of approximately
150 miles of pipe in the Town. I would like to commend Town Council for their
foresight in allocating funding to invest in these critical infrastructure
improvements, which contributed to the Town’s preparedness during the historic rain
event last October. I want to offer a heartfelt thank you to our Public
Services Department for a work well done.”
Emily
Raby, Public Services staff engineer, highlighted projects completed to date.
·
BAYTREE: Inspected 1,997
feet of pipe. Lined 1,781 feet at a total cost of $214,209.
·
HICKORY SHADOWS & ROSEMEAD: Inspected all 5,888 feet of pipe in both neighborhoods, lined
4,582 feet at a cost of $392,530.
·
WHIPPLE ROAD SUBDIVISIONS: (Whipple Rd Subdivisions
(Candlewood, Cooper Pointe, Cooper's Landing, Landings Run, Glen Lakes):
Inspected 10,104 feet of pipe, lined 7,738 feet, cost $700,934.46 PLUS a swale
project in Glen Lakes to drain a few yards out to Whipple Rd and prevent future
flooding.
·
WAKENDAW & POINT PLEASANT: Inspected 19,516 feet
of pipe, lined 3,349, but there's plenty more to come with this project! We
expect to line around 7,000 feet more, and we know we'll have to dig up and
replace about 225 feet of pipe. Total project budget for this is $1,029,392.00.
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EMERGENCY PROJECTS: Since 2014, the Town has
spent $365,000 in pipe repairs for almost 1,500 feet of pipe.
·
Other pipe repairs included: Kings Gate Ln., Oakhurst Dr.
in Rivertowne, Waterpointe Circle in Brickyard, Brookhaven Ct. in Hobcaw Creek
Plantation, Hungryneck Blvd., Rivertowne Golf and Rivertowne Parkway.
Future projects, Raby said, include:
·
WANDO EAST AND WANDO LAKES COMMUNITIES: up to 1.65 miles and 80 inlets or junction boxes between pipes
need rehab. Budget is $845,700.
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RIVERTOWNE ON THE WANDO: Rivertowne on the Wando
area, specifically Phase 3, Section 2 Budget is $675,000, less than one mile is
known to be in need of rehab, but potentially 2.5 miles of pipe could be
included depending on findings.
·
SNEE FARM: This project addresses
water volume and flooding issues as well as water quality concerns. It is
currently under design and estimated to cover dig and replace of 4 miles of
pipe, repair 8miles of pipe, and rehab/ restore 1.2 miles of ditches. With all
the other water quality improvements, the total project is estimated to be up
to $9 million.
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