Blossom Street Bridge
View Post The City of Columbia is working on a plan for a design to develop a portion of riverfront property between the Gervais Street Bridge and the Blossom Street Bridge. According to an article in The State newspaper, the City of Columbia is requesting bids for designers and developers. The plan would include a […]
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Cayce Police were asking drivers to please avoid the area around the Blossom Street Bridge, on Knox-Abbott Drive, near Guignard Park, Wednesday evening. There was a motor vehicle collision that occurred around 6 p.m. Traffic was being rerouted by emergency crews that responded to the crash. There were several emergency vehicles in the area.
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(Richland County PIO) – The Richland County Emergency Management Division (RCEMD) along with the National Weather Service, and state and local officials urge residents who live along the Congaree River and those in low lying areas to prepare for the heightened risk of flooding because of Hurricane Helene. 12th Street Extension is closed on the […]
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Dominion Energy held a celebration, Monday, upon the completion of the $20 million Tar Removal Project on the Congaree River. The clean-up was conducted between the Gervais Street Bridge and the Blossom Street Bridge. In addition to removing decades-old coal tar from the bottom of the river, munitions from The Civil War were unearthed. The […]
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The job of removing tar from the bottom of the Congaree River has been completed. The tar washed up in the river from an old oil lamp company that later became SCE&G. It’s now owned by Dominion Energy. Click here for link to tar removal report from SC DHEC The process to remove tar-like material […]
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Workers have completed the removal of coal tar and sediment from the Area 1 Cofferdam on the Congaree River, near the Gervais Street Bridge. According to an online post from the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control, “Over 26,000 cubic yards of material has been removed. DHEC completed a final inspection within the Area […]
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The Congaree River at Columbia crested at just under 20 feet (in minor flood stage) late Saturday morning, according to the Congaree Riverkeeper https://www.facebook.com/congareeriverkeeper Then there was more rain Saturday night and Sunday morning, so river levels are expected to remain high for a few more days. The Cayce and West Columbia Riverwalks are closed […]
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The SC department of Health and Environmental Control is reporting that year two of work is underway on the Congaree River between the Gervais Street Bridge and the Blossom Street Bridge in West Columbia and Cayce. Crews are working to remove sediment from a site where coal tar from oil lamps fastened to the bottom […]
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