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Residents press board over Ladies Island flooding; county outlines buyout pilot and project timelines
Summary
A Ladies Island resident urged immediate fixes for recurring flooding; board members and staff discussed buyout options, district-based reporting and multiple local projects including AllJoy and Bay Pines.
A resident from Ladies Island pressed Beaufort County’s Stormwater Utility Advisory Board on Feb. 11 over two years of repeated flooding, saying engineers identified a low-cost fix that was not implemented and urging the board to take stronger action.
“Kurt Chapman, I own property with my wife on 6 Turtle Lane,” the resident told the board, describing 31 inches of rain between July and Labor Day and saying, according to consultants, “an under $100,000 fix” could have lowered inundation at his property and nearby addresses. He alleged private negotiations by the limited partnership that owns a local golf course while…
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