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St. Helena residents band together
to protect their island from DOT
In
the early 90s, residents of St. Helena had to battle to stop SC DOT
from widening Hwy 21 to five lanes through the island. This multi-year
battle ended successfully, with DOT dropping the plans. Recently,
DOT came back to residents with what appeared to be a reduced proposal,
but in reality contained a giant increase in cleared right-of-way,
which would have removed historic trees like Beaufort's Emancipation
Oak, above.
The community then developed a proposal for walkways to maximize walkability through the market district of St. Helena as part of the road improvement project.Though SCDOT acquiesed to community requests to include sidewalks in their planning, their design was a strip of concrete directly adjacent to the pavement. Residents now are developing a design that would better serve the community and would be more in keeping with the character of this culturally rich and rural community. The community's design was presented to SCDOT in September and the official said the agency would consider it.
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