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Residents urge alternative route for Bono Beach emergency access, cite flooding and safety concerns

5487908 · July 28, 2025
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Summary

Speakers told county council that proposed emergency access routes to Bono Beach would be vulnerable to flooding and suggested using a route along a Santee Cooper power line to avoid low-lying roads, urging the county to reconsider preapproved paving plans that affect private property.

Residents from Bono Beach and nearby neighborhoods urged Berkeley County officials to reconsider a proposed emergency access route and related paving plans, arguing that the county’s planned alignment would use low-lying roads that flood and that an alternative along an existing Santee Cooper power-line corridor would be more reliable.

Tom Dennis told council he owns property that could be affected by a road proposal and said he was not…

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