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A single-vehicle crash in Colleton County on Sunday afternoon killed a Round O man, the Highway Patrol reported. via Post and Courier

“It gets it across the causeway and to the first four-lane section.”

The U.S. Highway 17 widening project is inching its way into Colleton County. The S.C. Department of Transportation board last week approved widening a 1.7-mile stretch of the highway in Colleton County, ... via Post and Courier

“That's a little taste of what we know we're going to hear”

Norma Field has her mind made up. She doesn't want to see a new landfill built near her home, and she made her opinion known Wednesday at a community meeting hosted by Sheppard Construction of Mount Pleasant. via Post and Courier

Colleton County Fire-Rescue responded to one of their own Monday, 11-February at 16:50. Colleton firefighters and Forestry units experienced a busy three days with dry conditions and high winds causing over 36 ... via FireFightingNews.com

Sheppard Construction Co. of Mount Pleasant is hosting a community meeting to answer any questions residents might have about plans to build a construction and debris landfill on about 100 acres between Ravenel ... via Post and Courier

“The transportation stimulus package would be wonderful news for the people of the fifth district as well as for all of South Carolina”

South Carolina Transportation Secretary H.B. Limehouse Jr. has unveiled a package of highway projects that could be under contract in six months if the Economic Stimulus Package for Transportation discussed by ... via Construction Equipment Guide

“There's more drugs in that area, but when a deputy sheriff's patrols that area, you don't see those guys for days”

Only 65 sheriff's deputies cover Colleton County, the fourth largest county in the state. via WCSC-TV Charleston

“As we look at our infrastructure needs in South Carolina, we believe it's always important to look at them in the context of how it plays into this larger notion of quality of life”

A new design tweak to the U.S. 17 widening project will save up to 30 trees by installing guardrails instead of clear-cutting a 30-foot roadside buffer out of the wooded median, the South Carolina Department of ... via The Beaufort Gazette