Gervais Street Bridge
West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles said, via a Facebook post, the Congaree River, at the Riverwalk Amphitheater, was at its highest point, Monday morning around 9:30. The water level was just over a foot lower than it was during the Flood of 2015. “This is likely the highest the river will get. It’s about 14” […]
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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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The risk of flooding is high in Lexington County as Tropical Storm Debby comes through and likely stays for the next three days. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be likely Tuesday with rain from the storm moving into Lexington County through the day. Rain will become widespread and heavy at times Tuesday night through Wednesday. […]
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West Columbia’s Riverwalk is a great destination to observe nature, history, and the structures placed beside the Congaree River because of its importance to the ecosystem. Riverwalk sits at the confluence of the Saluda and Broad Rivers, that forms the Congaree, at the magnificent Gervais Street Bridge. The 1,415-foot-long concrete bridge opened in 1927. It […]
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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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What is the most popular activity in West Columbia in the warm-weather months? Up-to 1,000 tubers in a weekend have floated down the river, ending up at West Columbia’s Riverwalk Park. “On an average weekend, we’ll put 300-plus in the river on Saturday and another 300-plus in the river on a Sunday,” said Michael Mayo, owner […]
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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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