Charleston to get $6.2M in design contracts for Battery extension

MORNING HEADLINES | The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded $6.2 million for design work along two parts of the city of Charleston’s planned Battery extension project.

The first contract, priced at $2.91 million, will stretch along about 1,000 feet of the Cooper River at Adger’s Wharf near East Bay Street and Waterfront Park to create something that functions as flood protection while still fitting the character of Charleston. That could include a promenade, landscaping and gates that can be closed when needed.

The second contract, priced at $3.31 million, will run about 8,000 feet along Lockwood Drive and the Ashley River and focus on protecting the often-inundated Medical District and surrounding neighborhoods.

“Awarding these two contracts represents substantial forward momentum across both waterfronts of the peninsula,” said Wes Wilson, the Charleston District project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in a press release. “We are moving from high-level studies into active, on-the-ground engineering.”

Residents can expect to see survey crews and land- and water-based soil boring operations in both project areas over the coming months, officials said.

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