Comment Period:
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is holding a Public Information Meeting for the proposed US 521 Rural Roads Traffic Safety Improvement Project. The In-person meeting with the project team will be offered on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church located at 7355 Camden Hwy, Rembert, SC 29128. The meeting will have a drop-in type format with displays for viewing and citizens will have the opportunity to provide written comments.
Project information, including meeting material, will also be available on the project website
https://scdotgis.online/US521RRSP
or by accessing the SCDOTs website (
http://www.scdot.org, Public Involvement Portal- Current Projects). This site will also provide citizens an opportunity to provide comments.
The Public Comment period will begin on October 25, 2021 and end on November 25, 2021.
Purpose:
The purpose of this meeting is to provide an opportunity for the public to review and discuss the proposed project with representatives from the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT). The proposed project involves a 6.3-mile section of rural US 521 from south of S-43-1221 {Spencer Road} to near the Kershaw County line in Sumter County. This corridor was identified as a rural safety project corridor due to the frequency of run-of-road crashes. The project scope was to identify and provide safety upgrades to first keep motorists from leaving the roadway and secondly to provide a forgiving recovery area if a motorist did leave the roadway. The project scope will include various engineering solutions such as widening and paving of shoulders, wider and brighter pavement markings, rumble strips, improved clear zone, and additional guardrail to reduce the frequency of fatal and serious injury run-off-the-road crashes. Personnel from SCDOT will be available to answer questions and discuss the project with interested citizens on an individual basis.
Contact:
Additional information concerning the project may be obtained by contacting Bryan Jones, PE, Program Manager, Rural Road Safety Program at 803-737-1845 in Columbia, or at
JonesBl@scdot.org. Persons with disabilities who may require special accommodations should contact Ms. Betty Gray at 803-737-1395.