The view from here

Gridlock on I-85

AUGUST 29, 2010 10:51 a.m. (0)

It’s arguably the most important section of Interstate 85 in South Carolina.

A 22-mile stretch from White Horse Road in Greenville County to State 129 in Spartanburg County is a key transportation artery – for tractor trailers supplying some of the Upstate’s biggest industrial plants and distribution centers, for Upstate residents working at them and other businesses located near them and for Atlanta- and Charlotte-bound traffic passing through.  Continue reading...

More than a Meal on Wheels

These volunteers are going the extra mile

JULY 20, 2010 7:33 a.m. (1)

Shirley Phillips can remember years ago her mother and aunt volunteering with Meals on Wheels.

Still, the Greenville woman who worked three decades as a social worker with the state Department of Social Services didn’t quite understand the bond between Meals on Wheels clients and volunteers.  Continue reading...

Roadway repairs present long-term problem

JULY 20, 2010 7:28 a.m. (0)

Cash strapped South Carolina faces an ever growing deficit with highway maintenance issues with 25,783 centerline road miles that are rated as poor out of a system that encompasses 41,000 miles; the cost to fix it is $8.6 billion.

In 2010 state Department of Transportation (DOT) officials let contracts to resurface and repair 470 centerline miles. It will take almost 55 years to address the needs of today at current rates of funding, DOT figures show.  Continue reading...