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Transportation & Utilities

Apr 16, 2025

Charleston County Airport Connector Road project receives key approval

The project involves construction of a new access roadway to the Charleston International Airport.

Greenville Connects, a coalition of local businesses, nonprofits, and community leaders, has launched the Let’s Fund That campaign to rally support for improved public transportation in Greenville. (Photo/File)
Mar 21, 2025

Greenville public transit group launches awareness, funding campaign

The campaign urges residents to advocate for increased funding for Greenlink, the community’s public transit system.

SOS eCharging says its service will reduce range anxiety for potential EV buyers. (Photo/SOS eCharging)
Feb 20, 2025

Company launches Greenville-centered mobile EV charging service

SOS eCharging says its service will reduce range anxiety for potential EV buyers.

Feb 18, 2025

Port of Charleston receives largest vessel to date

The ship can carry the equivalent of 16,828 20-foot-long containers.

The South Carolina Department of Transportation along with local and state officials and Scout Motors leadership met recently for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Scout Motors Drive Interchange Project. (Photo/South Carolina Department of Transportation)
Feb 4, 2025

Work begins on I-77 interchange in Richland County to serve Scout project

The project's aim is to serve the future Scout Motors manufacturing facility and provide access for future economic development.

John V. Furgess Sr., vice chairperson of the Central Midlands Transit Authority, has died. (Photo/COMET)
Jan 21, 2025

Longtime official on Columbia transit authority board dies

The leader was a long-standing senior board member of The COMET and a community advocate.

Columbia has received $204 million as part of more than $1.1 billion in Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program funding that was dispersed to 123 rail projects across the country from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Jan 16, 2025

Columbia receives $204M in federal funding for rail project

Funding will go toward acquiring rights-of-way, the design process and construction.

Jan 13, 2025

Berkeley County completes $25M phase of traffic improvement project

A well-traveled thoroughfare now has three lanes, a multi-use path, raised landscaped medians and more.

The South Carolina Department of Transportation has permanently closed the westbound Interstate 26 off-ramp to Bush River Road. (Photo/South Carolina Department of Transportation)
Nov 11, 2024

Interstate 26 off-ramp permanently closed in Columbia

The closure marks a significant milestone for the Carolina Crossroads Project.

With the announcement of grants under its Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Program, the Federal Railroad Administration awarded Chester County more than $27.4 million in new rail grant funding. (Photo/Chester County Economic Development)
Nov 7, 2024

Chester County awarded $27M for railroad improvement project

The project will create opportunities for increased rail served business while also providing decreased traffic congestion.

The city of Columbia and Richland County will benefit from a state of South Carolina grant program for infrastructure projects. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Nov 6, 2024

Richland County voters approve penny tax extension — what’s next

The $4.5 billion generated will benefit community investment (48%), County advancement (30%), and COMET enhancement projects (22%).

Nov 6, 2024

Charleston County residents make voices heard on half-cent sales tax vote

The half-cent sales tax extension would have funded about a dozen infrastructure projects, including the long-discussed Mark Clark Extension.