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Beach Nourishment and Groin Lengthening Project

Edisto Beach Police Department:  The long-awaited beach nourishment and groin lengthening project has begun! Please have patience as this project progresses. We realize people will be inconvenienced for a brief period of time in work zone areas. As sand is pumped from offshore, heavy equipment is necessary to move the sand. The contractors will be working 24 hours a day. There will be lights from the equipment on the beach at night and the heavy equipment has back-up alarms that cannot be turned off, as this is an OSHA requirement. The contractors will start around Beach Access 5 and will work toward the north so that the Town can nourish areas most heavily impacted by Hurricane Matthew. This will allow property owners to begin rebuilding. Visitors and residents should avoid work zone areas because of the hazards from heavy equipment. Please contact Iris Hill, Town Administrator at 843-869-2505 x 211 with any questions. Equipment operators will not be able to answer your questions or adjust the volume on the back-up alarms. Construction is set to be completed by May 2017.

Road Delays December 19-22

Please be advised that beginning on Monday December 19 through Thursday December 22, Carolina Bridge Company will be conducting periodic daytime lane closures at the Store Creek and Russell Creek bridges on SC-174.  Please plan accordingly and expect possible delays

Good News on Trash and Debris Removal

The Town Administrator, Iris Hill, has informed the MPOA that trash and debris removal in the Ocean Ridge community has been approved by the appropriate governmental agencies and will begin shortly, possibly as soon as this weekend. As result, it is important that our residents prepare now for the removal of their trash and debris and follow the guidelines below.

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES WILL RESULT IN THE CONTRACTOR NOT PICKING UP YOUR TRASH AND DEBRIS AND YOU, AS THE HOMEOWNER, WILL THEN BECOME RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS DISPOSAL AND MAY BE CITED BY THE TOWN AND THE MPOA IN THE FUTURE SHOULD YOU FAIL TO DISPOSE OF IT IN A TIMELY FASHION.

THE GUIDELINES, AS MANDATED BY FEMA, THE TOWN OF EDISTO BEACH AND THE MPOA, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1)  HOUSEHOLD TRASH AND DOWNED TREES AND YARD DEBRIS MUST BE SEPARATED AND BE IN SEPARATE PILES. HOUSEHOLD TRASH INCLUDES ALL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS DAMAGED BY WATER, APPLIANCES, INSULATION, CARDBOARD BOXES, BIKES, BEACH CHAIRS AND UMBRELLAS, FURNITURE, MATTRESSES, DRYWALL, AND ALL OTHER CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS THAT SUSTAINED WATER DAMAGE. 

2)   ALL BAGGED YARD DEBRIS MUST BE IN PAPER YARD BAGS. YARD DEBRIS IN PLASTIC BAGS WILL NOT BE PICKED UP. 

3)   CANS OR CONTAINERS CONTAINING HERBICIDES OR FUNGICIDES, PAINT, SOLVENTS, OIL, DRYWALL COMPOUND OR OTHER LIKE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS WILL NOT BE PICKED UP. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DISPOSE OF THOSE MATERIALS ON YOUR OWN. PLEASE REMOVE ALL SUCH ITEMS FROM THE TRASH AND DEBRIS PILES THAT YOU HAVE CREATED. OTHERWISE, THE TRASH OR DEBRIS WILL NOT BE PICKED UP. 

4)  NO TVs, COMPUTERS OR OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES WILL BE PICKED UP. AGAIN, THE RESIDENT IS REQUIRED TO DISPOSE OF THOSE ITEMS ON THEIR OWN AND THEY SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM ANY TRASH OR DEBRIS PILES. OTHERWISE, THE TRASH OR DEBRIS WILL NOT PICKED UP. 

IN ADDITION, THE TOWN OF EDISTO BEACH HAS ISSUED FURTHER GUIDELINES WHICH CAN BE REVIEWED AT http://www.townofedistobeach.com/new-debris-sorting-information.

ALL QUESTIONS RELATING TO THIS NOTICE OR THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO HORACE KINSEY AT SOUTHERN COMMUNITY SERVICES (843-869-4300).

November 17, 2016 Update from Town of Edisto Beach RE: Debris Removal

This is the most recent update provided by the Town of Edisto Beach.  The MPOA continues to work with the Town on the issues identified.

Ocean Ridge/Wyndham Debris

The Town, working with the Ocean Ridge MPOA, has completed the required FEMA paperwork and approval to remove debris from Ocean Ridge/Wyndham. The Department of Transportation, who removed the Town’s debris from  public roads, informed the Town today they cannot perform private property debris removal (PPDR) work. The Emergency Management Division and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are reviewing the Colleton County debris contract to see if the County can remove the debris.  We are working to expedite the debris removal, but have been hitting roadblocks at every turn.  Posted by Iris Thursday, November 17, 2016 9:30:00 AM