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Residents urge Dorchester County to reduce Orangeburg Road footprint, cite displacement and cemetery concerns
Summary
Residents and landowners told county council the Orangeburg Road Loop design (lane width and shared-use path) could displace long-standing communities, affect historic cemeteries, and create assessment and relocation challenges; staff described the public-hearing process but made no on-the-record compensation promises.
Several residents who live along the planned Orangeburg Road Loop addressed Dorchester County Council on Jan. 5, urging design changes and protections for long-standing neighborhoods.
Valvey (Valvy) Grant of 161 Orangeburg Road told the council the "Red Road Community," a historically rooted neighborhood, would be harmed by the project's proposed footprint. She specifically named Smith Cemetery and Sellers Cemetery on both sides of the corridor and asked that the county remove a proposed…
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