The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) announces that construction on the Safety Improvement Project along Dorchester Road between State Park Road and Parlor Drive in Dorchester County will resume within two to three weeks following a nearly two-month delay.
The project, located in Summerville, SC's Oakbrook community area, will include improvements to the road to help prevent crashes associated with left turns. Other improvements include new pavement markings and crosswalk upgrades.
Construction was delayed on the project in September due to the finding of underground utilities in different places than previously identified during a recent inspection. Once the utilities were settled, SCDOT, Cherokee, Inc., and multiple local utility companies determined that there needed to be a redesign of the raised median. This resulted in the eight-week delay.
SCDOT anticipates construction work to resume on the project in one to two weeks. The updated anticipated completion date is now late February or early March of 2022.
All lanes will be open to traffic during the construction process. Nighttime lane closures can be expected next spring during the two-week asphalt paving process.