The South Carolina Department of Transportation continues to clear trees, reopen roadways and assist utility crews with their operations. As that wraps up, their attention turns to cleaning storm debris from the roadside.
Debris crews have already begun preparing to mobilize. Those crews will first focus their attention to interstate and primary routes. As crews progress, they will then turn their attention to secondary and state-maintained neighborhood roads.
In the 16 counties with the most impacts from the storm, SCDOT has hired contractors to perform this work while maintenance crews in those counties remain focused on operations and restoring roads that were damaged in the storm. In other impacted areas, SCDOT maintenance crews will handle debris removal, and in many of those areas, these efforts are already underway…