Motorists who travel Maybank Highway on the weekends will want to be aware of some temporary lane closures that will be under way this weekend and next. Road crews will be relocating underground utility lines for the Folly Road and Maybank Highway Intersection Improvement Project. The work will begin after 9 p.m. July 24 and will continue through 5:30 a.m. July 27. The following weekend, work will begin after 9 p.m. July 31 and continue through 5:30 a.m. Aug. 3. Because the work includes the movement of an SCE&G gas line under the highway near the intersection of Maybank Highway and Old Folly Road, road lanes will have to be temporarily closed to traffic. At no point will the entire roadway be blocked to traffic. Charleston County officials are asking the public to take notice of traffic control signs and message board information. "We have been able to complete many of our recent activities with minimal traffic impacts and the shifting of lanes between Wappoo Cut and Crosscreek Drive, but upcoming work to move underground utilities and add a new drainage line under Maybank Highway cannot be completed without temporarily closing traffic lanes," said Steve Thigpen, Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax Program construction contracts manager. To get up-to-date information, including traffic alerts, construction status and project details, go to http://www.ccroadwise.org/folly_maybank.html

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