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Local Truck Restrictions Approved!

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In last night’s meeting, Dorchester County Council approved on the third reading, an amendment of Ordinance Number 26-06, adding a New Sec. 42-10 to “Prohibit Trucks with More Than 6 Wheels from Using Sandhill Road (S-18-248) From its Intersection with US Highway 178 (E Main Street) to US Highway 78 and School House Road (S-18-25) From its Intersection with US Highway 178 (E Main Street) to US Highway 78.”

This will greatly limit heavy trucks using our Dorchester neighborhoods and short-cuts from US-178 to US-78. Additionally, this should allow for future repaving of Sandhill, School House, and roads by SCDOT, and ofFirehouse Road by the county.

The meeting was well attended, and there were a number of local residents in attendance, as well as our State Representative Robbie Robins.

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Dorchester Hopeful to Get Broadband! … Eventually

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You should mark you calendars and make plans to attend the Dorchester County Community Meeting on 8/31/2022, at 6 pm, in the Woodland gym.

Rural broadband internet is finally coming to our area, but maybe not right away. Progress takes time I guess. The Eagle-Record recently published there will be a Dorchester County sponsored community meeting at the Woodland High School Gym on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at 6:00 pm. The purpose of the county sponsored meeting is to provide a second update to affected area residents. Presenting and available for your questions will the two prime area provides, Home Telecom and Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative (PRTC).

The Dorchester County Rural Broadband Project is intended to expand the high-speed internet access in our area over the next three years. Project details, including information on our town of Dorchester (South Dorchester), is listed in the Dorchester County Rural Broadband Project web site. This project is being funded with $8.5 Million dollars of taxpayer monies in the form of federal grant funding and with additional matching funds from both Home Telecom and PRTC in order to get the fiber cable installed to provide the needed broadband internet to over 4000 rural homes currently without high speed internet.

Plan ahead! A dinner meal will be provided if you register ahead of time by calling Tracy Langley, Clerk to Council, at 843-832-0196.

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