Transportation Advisory Committee Request
/At the 7/16/2019, and reconfirmed at the 11/19/2019 Transportation Advisory Committee meeting, the TAC approved the following:
1. The removal of four (4) projects from the Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) and place them back into the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) project list to be ranked with the others in the LRTP:
• PO30113 SC 33 (Russell Street) from US 178 (Chestnut Street) to S-470 (Old Elloree Road)
• PO30120 US 301 (Five Chop Road) from Woodbine Drive to US 21 BP/US 178 BP (Joe Jeffords Highway)- Segment I. And US 301 (John C. Calhoun Drive) from US 601 Magnolia Street) to US 301 (Five Chop Road)- Segment II.
• PO30132 US 178 (Charleston Highway) from US 21 BP/US 178 BP (Joe Jeffords Highway) to US 601 (Magnolia Street)
• PO30131 US 21 (Freedom Road) from US 78 (Dorange Road) to S-353 (Orange Street). US 21 (Freedom Road) from S-353 (Orange Street) to SC 210 (Bowman Branch Highway). US 21 (Freedom Road) from US 78 (Dorange Road) to US 78 (Edwards Street).
2. Move the US 21 (Joe Jeffords Highway) Corridor Improvements from US 178 to US 301, from the unconstrained to the constrained LRTP with SCOOT cost estimates for the entire project (all phases) into the LRTP.
3. Rank the US 21 (Joe Jeffords Highway) project as the #1 corridor improvement/widening project in the region.
The updated cost estimate for the four removed projects is $9,090,000.
The cost of US 21 (Joe Jeffords Highway) is $10,485,000 and broken down as follows:
Preliminary Engineering - $1,250,000 (FY 2020)
Right of Way - $500,000 (FY 2022)
Construction - $8,735,000 (FY 2024)