MORNING NEWSBREAK | The city of Charleston unveiled a new water action plan Tuesday night that focused on the future of flooding in the Holy City. The plan outlines strategies to tackle sea level rise, storm surges and heavy rainfall to help shape critical policy decisions, including zoning and stormwater manuals.
City officials held a workshop with water experts and local Charleston groups to outline flood prevention strategies, which Mayor William Cogswell said was “about living with water.”
Some of the suggestions during the meeting included tailoring policies and design solutions to each community, as well as educating and collaborating with the community. Also introduced at the meeting was the Basin Flood Action Program, which will divide the city into different areas to address specific flooding issues immediately.
“The more people that are educated by where the water goes in their backyard or out in the streets in front of them, the more informed they will be when there’s an issue,” the mayor said.
In other headlines:
CP NEWS: New wall at Liberty Square to honor Revolutionary War patriots. Daniel Island resident Kenneth Scarlett will lead a new task force to erect a Patriots Memorial Wall at Liberty Square in Charleston to honor the estimated 7,500 men and women in South Carolina who died during the Revolutionary War.
CP NEWS: PechaKucha 46 returns Sept. 5. The 46th Charleston version of PechaKucha will offer a fast-paced slideshow of inspirations, hopes and dreams of nine Charleston-area creatives. Each will have 400 seconds – 20 slides that display for 20 seconds each – to squeeze their insights into an audience of more than 500 people.
CP FOOD: New frozen sweets shop opens in downtown Charleston. Frozen custard spot Gustard’s Custard is now open at 2200 Heriot Street.
Labor Day gas prices expected to be lowest in 3 years. GasBuddy’s latest forecast, released Tuesday morning, calls for the average price of gas falling to $3.27 per gallon on Labor Day, which would be the lowest price since 2021 and 50 cents per gallon lower than last year’s price.
Update on activity in mid-Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center is becoming more interested in a tropical wave in the mid-Atlantic as some long-range computer models are picking up on the possibility of the system developing and moving toward the Caribbean over the weekend or early next week.
CARTA offering free rides to the polls on election day. Charleston County voters can get a free ride to the polls on Election Day thanks to a new partnership between the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority and the county election authority.
Charleston approves new hotel, shopping center on Johns Island. The Charleston Planning Commission recently approved a rezoning request and a conceptual plan for the Jubilee project that will include a 75-unit hotel, 65 cottages, five restaurants and retail and office space, preserved wetlands, and community park and meeting spaces.
- Hotel options expand in downtown Charleston with new development
- Make-your-own trucker hat shop opens in Charleston
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