The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony for the historic Carolina Crossroads interstate improvement project at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, 2021.
The event location is 1698 Burnette Drive, Columbia, SC 29210. SCDOT employees will be on-site to provide assistance for media parking.
Scheduled speakers include Governor Henry McMaster, SCDOT Commission Chairman J. Barnwell Fishburne, Secretary of Transportation Christy Hall, US Representative Joe Wilson, South Carolina State Senator Nikki Setzler, South Carolina State Representative Chip Huggins, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) South Carolina Division Administrator Emily Lawton, and Rick Todd, president, and CEO of the SC Trucking Association.
The Carolina Crossroads Project is South Carolina's largest infrastructure project and will improve 14 miles of I-20, I-26, and I-126. This includes the area commonly called "Malfunction Junction."
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