Moncks Corner mayor gives update on repairs to Shannonwood Drive

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCBD) – Who is responsible for maintaining a deteriorating road in one Moncks Corner community?

News 2 previously told you about significant potholes and crumbling asphalt up and down Shannonwood Drive off Old Highway 52. Moncks Corner Mayor Thomas Hamilton vowed to fix the roadway and has some answers on who is responsible for repairing it.

“We have got with Berkeley County, and they have documentation showing that they don’t have control of this access point. So, it’s the South Carolina Housing Authority,” he said.

The South Carolina Housing Authority operates a government housing complex on Shannonwood Drive, St. Francis Villa.

“We’re going a little bit back and forth with them. We’ve talked to Senator Larry Grooms, and he’s agreed to come in and help us with it. We’re doing a CTC grant application to try to go ahead and get money in for us to resurface this road,” said Mayor Hamilton.

Hamilton said they had some similar success with potholes next to Applebee’s that they were able to get filled this week on McCormick Circle.

“As you’ve seen with the Applebee’s location, it took us about three months from start to finish to investigate who owned it, what we could do, get the contracts, and now that’s been done. Everything just takes a little bit of time,” he said.

He added, “It had a hole that was probably about seven, eight inches deep and it had to be about 12 inches around. And I was getting a lot of complaints of people bending rims or busting tires. So, when I was made aware of it, we set the ball in motion.”

So how soon might the Shannonwood potholes get fixed?

“Well, that’s the big unknown for us. All we can do is we can stay on it. Every Monday we have a department head meeting and I ask them about each project that I’m following up on and this will be one of them. So, I can’t promise a timeline, but I can promise that we’re not gonna let it go until we get it fixed,” said Mayor Hamilton.

Count on 2 for updates as the town works to resolve this issue.

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