Williamston Main Street Enhancement underway

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Workers pour concrete at the corner of Minor Street and West Main in the first step of a street enhancement project currently underway in Williamston. The project will encompass the stretch of West Main Street (Hwy. 20) in front of the Municipal Center from McDonalds to the bridge over Big Creek. The project will include bulb outs, planters with landscaping, pedestrian ramps where sidewalks cross roads and drives and two new pedestrian crosswalks. It is expected to be completed in about four weeks if there are no weather related delays, officials said. The project had been on the drawing board for town officials and SCDOT for a number of years, but was put on hold when state finances became tight and it was decided by the state that SCDOT engineers would oversee the state funded enhancement projects. Earlier plans calling for a turning lane at Minor Street were eliminated on the new plan. A new bulb out will eliminate what has been for years an unofficial lane for vehicles traveling east to pass vehicles turning left onto Minor Street. (Photo by Michael Lollis)