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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS, UH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2024.
WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, GATEWAY COURT CORRIDOR INDEPENDENT REVIEW, ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, FIRST ON THE AGENDA, WE'VE GOT THE APPROVAL OF AMENDS MINUTES FROM JUNE 12TH, 2024.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION? I SO MOVE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ALRIGHT, SEAN, WE'LL MOVE ON TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
COMMITTEE, UH, GUESTS IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE HERE, UM, SINCE WE LAST MET, UM, COUNCIL HELD THREE, UH, WELL, TWO WORKSHOPS AND THEN AN ACTION MEETING, UH, RELATED TO THE GATEWAY CORRIDOR PROJECT IN THAT SEGMENT IN WHICH LOCK MEER PROVIDED INFORMATION, UM, TO HELP MAKE THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS, UM, UH, MOVE AHEAD.
AND SO THE BALANCE OF THE WORK FROM LOCK MUELLER WAS TO, UH, PRESENT FINDINGS FOR IMPACTS DOWNSTREAM, SO BEYOND THE GUMTREE INTERSECTION ON THE, ON THE BUSINESS ROUTE, AND THEN, UH, ON THE CROSS ISLAND ROUTE DOWN THROUGH, UH, TO INCLUDE SEA PINE CIRCLE.
AND SO THAT'S THE LAST BIT OF, UM, INFORMATION THAT WAS IN THE CONTRACT FOR LOCK MUELLER.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA PRESENT THAT.
UH, WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED, UM, A COPY OF THE FULL REPORT AND WE'VE GOT HARD COPIES FOR THE COMMITTEE.
UM, IT WAS POSTED AS PART OF OUR ONLINE PACKET, SO, UM, FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO IT THERE.
UH, AT THE END OF THE MEETING, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ASK THE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE FINAL REPORT SO THAT I CAN BRING IT FORWARD TO TOWN COUNCIL AND THEN, UH, COMPLETE THE WORK WITH LOCK MUELLER, UM, AS THEY'VE COMPLETED THE SCOPE THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE AND TOWN COUNCIL.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UH, TO NATE TO GO THROUGH THE NEXT BIT.
UH, MAYOR PERRY, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
UH, THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A FEW WEEKS SINCE WE LAST, UH, LAST MET, BUT WE'RE THRILLED TO BE HERE AND TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THE FINAL FINDINGS OF THE CORRIDOR STUDY.
AND TO HELP ME DO THAT, WE HAVE, UM, UH, WE HAVE KATE SWINFORD, MICHELLE ROMINE, AND LAUREN JACKSON.
ALL THOSE NAMES SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.
THEY'VE, UH, PLAYED VERY KEY INTEGRAL ROLES IN THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, AND THEY'RE ONLINE TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT COME UP DURING OUR PRESENTATION.
THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO COVER TODAY IS TO GIVE YOU A, UH, A FINAL PROGRESS PROJECT UPDATE FOLLOWED BY, UM, SINCE THERE HAS BEEN SUCH A, UH, LENGTH OF TIME SINCE OUR JUNE 12TH COMMITTEE MEETING, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A VERY BRIEF REFRESHER OF THE DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS FOR THOSE INTERSECTIONS BEYOND, UM, GUMTREE ROAD AND CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY, JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACTS WOULD BE IF THE MODIFIED ALTERNATIVE, UH, FROM THE DOT WERE IMPLEMENTED.
AND THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW AS THAT IS GONNA BE LED OR FOLLOWED UP BY SOME MITIGATION SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA PRESENT TO YOU TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FOR FUTURE PLANNING PURPOSES, SHOULD THE TOWN, UH, DESIRE TO GO IN ANY ONE OF THOSE ROUTES.
AND THEN JUST, UH, A FEW SLIDES SUMMARIZING THE KEY POINTS FROM OUR FINAL, UM, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND SAFETY REPORT THAT SEAN ALLUDED TO AND WE, UH, PROVIDED TO YOU ALL, UH, LAST FRIDAY.
AND NATE, BEFORE YOU GET INTO THINGS, UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A, A STATEMENT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO LAUGH OR TO CRY, UM, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT, UM, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON AND, UM, THE TOWN DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AFTER THAT WORK, THAT JULY 28TH MEETING, UM, WITH A STUDY THAT WASN'T COMPLETED, UM, AND SORT OF PULLING THE RUG, UH, FROM OTHERS.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE USE IS OF THIS MEETING.
UM, UH, I THINK THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT RIGHT WITH THIS, WITH THIS, UM, WITH THIS PROJECT.
I WON'T GO INTO THE DETAILS, BUT I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING BECAUSE I DO NOT SEE THE USE FOR IT.
IS THERE A SECOND? YEAH, I'LL SECOND THAT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION FAILS.
CONTINUE IF IT'S, IF IT'S EVEN THE MOTION FAILS.
UM, JUST TO SUMMARIZE WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE WE LAST MET ON JUNE 12TH, AS SEAN MENTIONED, THERE WAS TWO MILESTONE MEETINGS WITH TOWN COUNCIL.
ONE BEING THE WORKSHOP ON THE JUNE 17TH AND THEN JUNE 20TH.
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ON JUNE 17TH.UH, THE TEAM LISTENED VIRTUALLY ON JUNE 20TH.
I WAS IN ATTENDANCE THAT DAY AS WELL.
AND THEN I KNOW THERE WAS A, THE MUNICIPAL CONSENT ON JUNE 28TH, UH, THAT WE JUST ALSO LISTENED VIRTUALLY.
WE FOLLOWED THAT UP BY WORKING IN EARN TO COMPLETE THE STUDY.
AND WE SUBMITTED THE, UH, DRAFT VERSION OF THE SAFETY OPERATIONS AND SAFETY REPORT TO TOWN STAFF ON AUGUST THE NINTH.
AND THAT IS THE FINAL DELIVERABLE FOR TASK 5.1 TO COMPLETE OUR SERVICES.
UM, PLEASE TO PRONOUN, UH, PLEASE ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE ALL BUT COMPLETE WITH OUR WORK WITH THE ONLY 5% REMAINING BEING WITHIN TASK NUMBER FIVE OF THE FINAL REPORT STAGE.
AND THAT WOULD BE TO INCORPORATE ANY EDITS, UM, CLEAR UP ANY, UM, QUESTIONS Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE FROM TOWN STAFF AND TOWN COUNCIL.
INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE REPORT TO MEMORIALIZE THAT.
AND THEN SHOULD THE TOWN COUNCIL DESIRE FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN A TOWN COUNCIL MEETING, THAT IS IT REGARD TO PROJECT PROGRESS.
I CAN MOVE FORWARD TO, UM, PASS IT OVER TO MICHELLE IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.
PLEASE MICHELLE, COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND PLEASE? YES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE BULK OF OUR PRESENTATION AND OUR FINAL FINDINGS, I DO WANNA GIVE A REVIEW OF SOME OF THE MATERIAL FROM THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING.
WE PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED FOUR ALTERNATIVES, WHICH WERE INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE OPERATING CONDITIONS ALONG US 2 78 BETWEEN MOSS CREEK AND GUMTREE.
AFTER REVIEWING THE FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WE WERE DIRECTED BY THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO PURSUE WITH ALTERNATIVE ONE, THE S-C-D-O-T MODIFIED RECOMMENDED PREFERRED WITH ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE A SINGLE EASTBOUND LEFT TURN LANE AND A SINGLE SOUTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE AT US 2 78 AND SQUIRE POPE.
I'M GOING TO REFER TO THIS AS THE MODIFIED ALTERNATIVE ONE.
WE THEN EVALUATED THE IMPACTS MODIFIED ALTERNATIVE ONE WOULD HAVE ON THE ENTIRE PROJECT AREA AND DETERMINED WHAT IF ANY, IMPROVEMENT SHOULD BE MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THE 2045 FORECASTED TRAFFIC.
COULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? THANK YOU.
THIS GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATES THE STUDY AREA WE EVALUATED UNDER TASK FOUR WITH THE ROADWAYS IN PURPLE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE EVALUATED US 2 78 FROM MOSS CREEK TO INDIGO RUN.
SO THAT WAS THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY TO THE SOUTH TOWARDS SEA PINE CIRCLE GOAL.
WE PRESENTED THIS TABLE IN THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE IT AGAIN AS A REFRESHER.
THIS TABLE REPRESENTS THE TRAVEL TIMES WITHIN THE STUDY AREA.
THESE TRAVEL TIMES WERE COMPLETED IN FSM ALONG US 2 78 BETWEEN MOSS CREEK AND INDIGO RUN IN THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION.
DURING THE MORNING PEAK HOUR, THE TRAVEL TIME IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY APPROXIMATELY 60%.
THE 2045 NOBU TRAVEL TIME IS EXPECTED TO REACH OVER 26 MINUTES, WHEREAS THE TRAVEL TIME UNDER THE MODIFIED ALTERNATIVE ONE, AGAIN, THIS SAYS NO ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.
EAST OF GUMTREE IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 11 MINUTES.
THIS IS A REDUCTION OF ABOUT 16 MIN MINUTES IN THE MORNING.
PEAK HOUR IN THE PM PEAK HOUR, ALONG US 2 78 BETWEEN MOSS CREEK AND INDIGO RUN IN THE WESTBOUND DIRECTION.
WE ARE EXPECTING THAT THE TRAVEL TIMES WILL ALSO IMPROVE BY ABOUT 60%.
THE 2045, NO TRAVEL TIME IS EXPECTED TO REACH NEARLY 26 MINUTES, WHEREAS THE TRAVEL TIME UNDER, UNDER THE MODIFIED ALTERNATIVE ONE IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 MINUTES.
THIS IS ALSO A REDUCTION OF ABOUT 16 MINUTES NOW ALONG HILTON PARKWAY, BEGINNING AT MOSS CREEK AND EXTENDING TO THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY.
AT SEA PINE CIRCLE, WE ARE EXPECTING THAT THE SOUTHBOUND TRAVEL TIMES WOULD IMPROVE BY ABOUT 30% IN THE MORNING PEAK HOUR.
IF YOU RECALL, WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT QUEUING AND FAILING OPERATIONS THAT WERE EXPECTED AT SEA PINE CIRCLE IF NO IMPROVEMENTS WERE TO BE MADE.
AND THAT IS SHOWING IN THIS TRAVEL TIME HERE, THE OVERALL REDUCTION IN TRAVEL TIME IS STILL, IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE 10 MINUTES DUE TO THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG US 2 78 WEST OF GUMTREE UNDER THE MODIFIED ALTERNATIVE ONE.
BUT WE ARE NOT SHOWING A SIGNIFICANT OF, OF IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVEL TIME WHEN COMPARED TO THE US 2 78 CORRIDOR JUST DUE TO THOSE FAILING OPERATIONS AT SEA PINE CIRCLE, PLEASE ADVANCE ANTS.
ALL OF THIS BEING SAID, OVERALL WITH NO IMPROVEMENTS IN PLACE EAST OF GUMTREE ROAD OR ALONG CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRAVEL TIMES WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE WHEN COMPARED TO THE 2045 NO BUILD SCENARIO.
OVERALL, THE INTERSECTIONS WOULD BE EXPECTED TO OPERATE ACCEPTABLY.
HOWEVER, WE DID FIND, AND AGAIN THIS IS STILL A REFRESHER FROM OUR LAST MEETING, THAT THE EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND APPROACHES BETWEEN WILBORN ROAD AND PEMBROKE
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DRIVE ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE LONG QUEUES AND BE OVER CAPACITY IN THE YEAR 2045.ADDITIONALLY, WE FOUND THAT THE EXISTING ROUNDABOUT AT PALM MEADOW BAY ROAD AND INE CIRCLE IS EXPECTED TO FAIL DURING BOTH THE AM AND PM PEAK HOURS.
AND AS A RESULT, WE FOUND THAT THE Q LINKS ARE EXPECTED TO EXTEND BEYOND THE NEARBY INTERSECTIONS.
THEREFORE, WE EVALUATED TWO OPTIONS WITH POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO THE LOCAL INTERSECTIONS DOWNSTREAM OF GUMTREE ROAD AND ALONG CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY TO HELP MITIGATE THE EXPECTED LONG QUEUES AND DELAYS.
THESE TWO OPTIONS OFFER POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND'S CONSIDERATION FOR FUTURE PLANNING PURPOSES.
THE FIRST OPTION WE EVALUATED AS OPTION A.
THIS OPTION MINIMIZES THE PHYSICAL IMPACTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR WITH ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ONLY RECOMMENDED AT ONE INTERSECTION ALONG S 2 78 BETWEEN GUMTREE AND INDIGO RUN.
AND THAT'S AT S 2 78 AND PEMBROKE DRIVE OPTION A EVALUATES RECONFIGURING THE NORTHBOUND APPROACH TO PROVIDE DUAL NORTHBOUND LEFT TURN LANES, ONE THROUGH LANE AND ONE RIGHT TURN LANE.
THIS ALLOWS US TO GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAL TIME TO THE THROUGH MOVEMENTS ON HERE TO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THE QUEUING IN ADDITION TO THE ROADWAY WIDENING THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ALONG THE NORTHBOUND APPROACH.
WE'LL ALSO NEED TO RELOCATE THE SHARED USE PATH ON THE EAST SIDE AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SIGNAL EQUIPMENT AND THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY NEEDED ON THE SOUTH LEG.
THE ESTIMATED PRELIMINARY PROBABLE OF OPINION OF COST IS $750,000 FOR THIS AND THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION DURATION IS FOUR MONTHS.
AND THAT IS THE ONLY IMPROVEMENT UNDER OPTION A RECOMMENDED ALONG US 2 78, UH, BETWEEN GUMTREE AND INDIGO RUN AT SEA PINE CIRCLE, WE MAINTAINED THE ROUNDABOUT CONFIGURATION TO HELP KEEP THE CHARACTER OF THE INTERSECTION, BUT WE DID NOT FIND THAT WE NEEDED TO EXPAND IT FROM A SINGLE LANE, OR WE DID FIND THAT WE NEEDED TO EXPAND IT FROM A SINGLE LANE ROUNDABOUT TO A TWO-LANE ROUNDABOUT.
IN ADDITION, EACH APPROACH SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TURN BYPASS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EASTBOUND APPROACH.
IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS THE WEST LEG.
IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ACCEPTABLE OPERATING CONDITIONS, THIS WILL REQUIRE SOME PAVEMENT WIDENING ON THE INSIDE OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND ON EACH OF THE FOUR LEGS TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL LANE.
BRINGING IT FROM A SINGLE LANE ROUNDABOUT TO A TWO LANE ROUNDABOUT, THE ESTIMATED PRELIMINARY PROBABLE OPINION OF COST IS $2 MILLION AND THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION DURATION IS EIGHT MONTHS.
WE DO HAVE AN IMAGE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT DEPICTING WHAT THIS ROUNDABOUT COULD LOOK LIKE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WOULD BE TWO CIRCULATING LANES AND A RIGHT TURN BYPASS LANE FOR ALL OF THE APPROACHES EXCEPT FOR THE EASTBOUND APPROACH.
AND AGAIN, OPTION A IS INTENDED TO OFFER SOME POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THE TRAVEL TIMES FOR OPTION A ARE SHOWN IN THIS TABLE AS SHOWN THE TRAVEL TIMES ALONG WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY BETWEEN MOSS CREEK DRIVE AND INDIGO RUN DRIVE.
THANK YOU ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY ABOUT 17.2 MINUTES DURING THE A M PEAK HOUR IN THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION, AND BY ABOUT 15.7 MINUTES DURING THE PM PEAK HOUR IN THE WESTBOUND DIRECTION, THE TRAVEL TIMES ALONG WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY AT MOSS CREEK TO THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY AT SEA PINE CIRCLE ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY ABOUT 19.2 MINUTES DURING THE A M PEAK HOUR IN THE SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION, AND BY 27 MINUTES DURING THE PM PEAK HOUR IN THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION.
AND AS A NOTE, I'LL OFFER A COMPARISON OF ALL OF THE TRAVEL TIMES AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE THE OPERATING CONDITIONS FOR SOME OF THE KEY INTERSECTIONS SHOWN HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE INTERSECTIONS OVERALL WOULD BE EXPECTED TO OPERATE ACCEPTABLY WITH A LEVEL OF SERVICE C OR BETTER FOR EACH INTERSECTION.
SOME MOVEMENTS AT THE SOUTHBOUND APPROACH AT PEMBROKE ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE FAILING CONDITIONS AS MOST OF THE CYCLE LENGTH IS GOING TO THE THROUGH MOVEMENTS TO HELP ACCOMMODATE THE HEAVY TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND MITIGATE THOSE LONG QUEUES.
WE SAW, HOWEVER, THOSE QUEUE LINKS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ACCEPTABLE AND THE APPROACH OVERALL WOULD NOT BE OVER CAPACITY FOR THAT SOUTHBOUND AT PEMBROKE.
AS SHOWN HERE, EVEN WITH THE ADAPTIVE TO SIGNALS AND THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE NORTHBOUND APPROACH AT PEMBROKE DRIVE TO ALLOW MORE OF THE CYCLE LENGTH TO GO TO THE MAIN LINE, LONG QUEUES WOULD STILL BE EXPECTED BETWEEN GUMTREE ROAD AND PEMBROKE AVENUE.
THE MAXIMUM QUEUE FOR THE WESTBOUND APPROACH AT JARVIS PARK SLASH WILBORN IS EXPECTED TO REACH OVER A THOUSAND FEET, WHICH IS A LONG QUEUE.
THAT BEING SAID, IT'S NOT EXPECTED THAT THE MAXIMUM MAXIMUM QUEUE
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WOULD EXTEND INTO NEARBY INTERSECTIONS.THE OPERATING CONDITIONS FOR THE TWO-LANE ROUNDABOUT AT SEA PINE CIRCLE ARE SHOWN HERE.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TWO-LANE ROUNDABOUT WITH RIGHT TURN BYPASS LEGS WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE QUEUING AND CONGESTION.
IT ALSO HELPS THOSE NEARBY INTERSECTIONS AT TARGET ROAD AS WELL AS DUNNIGAN S ALLEY.
NOW I'LL OFFER A COMPARISON AGAIN AT THE END AS I MENTIONED, BUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON, ON TO OPTION B, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING OPTION A? ANY QUESTIONS CONTINUE? OKAY, THANK YOU.
OPTION B CONSIDERS A MORE SIGNIFICANT APPROACH TO HELP MITIGATE THE EXPECTED QUEUE LINKS ALONG WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY BETWEEN GUMTREE AND PEMBROKE, AND IT PROVIDES A SEPARATE SOLUTION FOR C PINE CIRCLE AS SHOWN.
OPTION B CONSIDERS EXTENDING THE SIX LANE SECTION FROM GUMTREE PAST PEMBROKE.
THE SIX LANE SECTION COULD TAPER BACK TO A FOUR LANE SECTION AT CENTRAL AVENUE IN ADDITION TO THE ROADWAY WIDENING THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
WE WILL ALSO NEED TO ADJUST THE SHARED USE PATH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, PROVIDE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT WILBORN AND PEMBROKE, AS WELL AS TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS AND POSSIBLY NEW RIGHT OF WAY.
THE ESTIMATED PRELIMINARY PROBABLE OPINION OF COST IS $3 MILLION AND THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION DURATION IS SIX MONTHS.
IN ADDITION, OPTION B ALSO INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS AT US TWO SEVENTY EIGHT AND WILBORN ROAD, SUCH AS PROVIDING DUAL SOUTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANES, THE ROADWAY IN ADDITION TO THE ROADWAY WIDENING.
THIS WILL REQUIRE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SHARED USE PATH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS AND POSSIBLY NEW RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL.
THE ESTIMATED PROBABILITY, UH, ESTIMATED PRELIMINARY PROBABLE OPINION OF COST IS $1 MILLION AND THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION DURATION IS FOUR MONTHS.
THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE.
OPTION B, CONSIDER SIGNALIZING C PINE CIRCLE INSTEAD OF THE EXISTING ROUNDABOUT THAT IS THERE TODAY WITH THE SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION.
EACH APPROACH WOULD HAVE A LEFT TURN LANE, TWO THROUGH LANES, AND A RIGHT TURN LANE EXCEPT FOR THE EASTBOUND APPROACH, WHICH WOULD HAVE DUAL LEFT TURN LANES.
THIS CONFIGURATION IS PRETTY TYPICAL AND THERE'S SOME INTERSECTIONS ALREADY WITH THIS CONFIGURATION.
SO IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WELL, WELL KNOWN IN THE AREA.
IN ADDITION TO THE ROADWAY WIDENING ON EACH LEG OF THE INTERSECTION TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE TURN LANES.
THIS WILL ALSO REQUIRE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SHARED USE PATH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT SOUTH LEG.
NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS, TEMPORARY EAST CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS AND NEW RIGHT OF WAY ON THE NORTH AND WESTLAKES THE ESTIMATED PRELIMINARY PROBABLE OPINION OF COST TO $6 MILLION AND THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION DURATION IS 12 MONTHS.
THE TRAVEL TIMES FOR OPTION B ARE SHOWN IN THIS TABLE AS SHOWN.
THE TRAVEL TIME ALONG WILLIAM WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY BETWEEN MOSS CREEK DRIVE AND INDIGO RUN DRIVE ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY ABOUT 17.4 MINUTES DURING THE A M PEAK HOUR IN THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION.
AND BY ABOUT 16.5 MINUTES DURING THE PM PEAK HOUR IN THE WESTBOUND DIRECTION, THE TRAVEL TIMES ALONG WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY AT MOSS CREEK TO THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY AT C PINE CIRCLE ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY ABOUT 19.4 MINUTES DURING THE A M PEAK HOUR IN THE SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION AND BY ABOUT 27 MINUTES DURING THE PM PEAK HOUR IN THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE INTERSECTIONS OVERALL WOULD BE EXPECTED TO OPERATE ACCEPTABLY WITH THE LEVEL OF SERVICE D OR BETTER FOR EACH INTERSECTION.
THERE ARE STILL A FEW MOVEMENTS, MOSTLY LEFT TURN MOVEMENTS THAT ARE CALLED OUT HERE, WHICH WOULD BE EXPECTED TO FAIL DURING THE PM PEAK HOUR.
THIS IS BECAUSE MOST OF THE CYCLE LENGTH IS STILL GOING TO THE THROUGH MOVEMENTS TO HELP ACCOMMODATE THOSE HEAVY TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND MITIGATE THE QUEUING.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND QUEUES AT JARVIS PARK SLASH WILBORN ROAD AND PEMBROKE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE QUEUE LINKS EXPECTED UNDER OPTION A.
UH, THE WESTBOUND APPROACH THERE WE GO FROM ABOUT A THOUSAND FOOT MAXIMUM QUEUE FOR THE WESTBOUND APPROACH INTO PMP TOWER TO ABOUT 400 FEET.
THIS IS WHERE WE SEE THOSE BENEFITS OF EXTENDING THE SIX LANE SECTION TOWARDS CENTRAL AVENUE.
THE OPERATING CONDITIONS FOR THE NEWLY SIGNALED PALMETTO BAY ROAD AT HILTON PARKWAY ARE SHOWN HERE.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE SIGNALED INTERSECTION WOULD OPERATE WELL DURING BOTH PEAK HOURS.
THE Q LINKS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ACCEPTABLE AND THE NEARBY INTERSECTIONS
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ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO OPERATE ACCEPTABLY.SO BEFORE I GET INTO COMPARISON OF THESE RESULTS, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING OPTION B? I I DON'T SEE OPTION B FLYING BECAUSE GREENWOOD AVENUE IS OWNED BY, UH, SEA PINES AND YOU HAVE ALL THE CURB CUTS FOR RILEY'S AND EVERYWHERE ELSE AND YOU KNOW, SO SEA PINES OWNS RIGHT, RIGHT UP TO THE CIRCLE OR CLOSE TO IT WITHIN 50 FEET.
NOW YOU GOT A LOT OF RIGHT AWAY THAT YOU'RE TAKING, UH, I DON'T SEE THAT A VIABLE SOLUTION LIVING IN SEA PINES AND IN AND OUT AT LEAST TWICE A DAY.
OPTION B IS NOT A VIABLE SOLUTION IN MY OPINION.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, CONTINUE.
THE FINAL TRAVEL TIMES AS CALCULATED IN VIM ARE ALL SHOWN IN THIS TABLE HERE FOR COMP OR COMPARISON.
WOULD YOU MIND CLICKING ONCE I HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY POP UP HERE.
OKAY, I'M GONNA START WITH THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION ALONG HILTON PARKWAY BETWEEN MOSS CREEK AND INDIGO RUN AS SHOWN HERE IN THESE CIRCLED UH BOXES.
THE MODIFIED ALTERNATIVE ONE WITH NO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DOWNSTREAM INTERSECTIONS IS EXPECTED TO HAVE SIMILAR TRAVEL TIMES WHEN COMPARED TO BOTH OPTION A AND OPTION B.
THIS IS BECAUSE EVEN WITHOUT IMPROVEMENTS ALONG US 2 78 EAST OF GUMTREE, TRAFFIC IS EXPECTED TO LARGELY FLOW FREELY.
WE DID NOTE SOME LONG QUEUES, BUT THE ADAPTIVE SIGNALS ARE ABLE TO HELP KEEP TRAFFIC FLOWING.
THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS, SO THE TRAVEL TIMES UNDER OPTIONS A AND B AS SHOWN, BUT BY ONLY ABOUT FIVE TO 6%.
THE MAIN BENEFIT OF OPTIONS A AND B IS TO MITIGATE THE LONG QUEUES BETWEEN GUMTREE AND PEMBROKE, NOT NECESSARILY TO IMPROVE THE TRAVEL TIMES.
COULD YOU CLICK TWICE FOR ME THEN? THANK YOU.
WE SEE SIMILAR RESULTS FOR THE WESTBOUND DIRECTION DURING THE P AND P HOUR OPTIONS A AND B DO IMPROVE THE TRAVEL TIMES ALONG THE CORRIDOR, BUT NOT SIGNIFICANTLY.
AGAIN, THE MAIN BENEFIT OF OPTIONS A AND B ALONG US 2 78 WEST OF GUMTREE IS TO MITIGATE THOSE LONG QUEUES BETWEEN GUMTREE AND PEMBROKE.
PLEASE QUICK CLICK TWICE AGAIN.
UM, HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
ALONG HILTON PARKWAY FROM MOSS CREEK TO SEA PINE CIRCLE AS SHOWN HERE, THERE'S A CLEAR IMPROVEMENT IN TRAVEL TIMES IN THE SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION DURING THE A MP HOUR.
BOTH OPTIONS, A AND B ARE EXPECTED TO BE, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED ALONG THIS CORRIDOR WITH THE MITIGATIONS IN PLACE FOR THE EXISTING ROUNDABOUT.
AND THEN YOU CAN CLICK TWICE MORE.
THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION IN THE PM PEAK HOUR IS ALSO EXPECTED TO HAVE IMPROVED TRAVEL TIMES, ALBEIT NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS THE SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION IN THE MORNING.
HOWEVER, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO INE CIRCLE ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE THE ENTIRE AREA AS WELL AS NEARBY INTERSECTIONS AS SHOWN PREVIOUSLY.
SO OVERALL, NEITHER OPTION A NOR OPTION B IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON THE TRAVEL TIMES BETWEEN MOSS CREEK AND INDIGO RUN.
BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT FROM MOSS CREEK TO SEE TO CROSS ISLAND AT SEA PINES.
AND THE IMPROVEMENTS NOTED UNDER EITHER OPTION A OR B AT SEA PINES DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO STICK WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS NOTED ALONG HILTON PARKWAY BETWEEN GUMTREE AND INDIGO RUN.
THEY CAN BE COMBINED OR MIXED AND YOU CAN KIND OF, THEY'RE SIMPLY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO TO SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING WE WERE DIRECTED TO PURSUE ALTERNATIVE ONE, SC DOT MODIFIED RECOMMENDED PREFERRED WITH ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE A SINGLE EASTBOUND LEFT TURN LANE AND A SINGLE SOUTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE AT WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY AND SQUIRE POLK ROAD.
WITH THE RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS UNDER THE MODIFIED ALTERNATIVE ONE IN PLACE, THE REST OF THE DOWNSTREAM INTERSECTIONS WOULD BE EXPECTED TO OPERATE ACCEPTABLY OVERALL.
HOWEVER, THE EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND APPROACHES BETWEEN WILBORN ROAD AND PEMBROKE DRIVE ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE LONG QUEUES IN THE YEAR 2045.
AND THE EXISTING ROUNDABOUT AT PALMETTO BAY ROAD, NC PINE CIRCLE IS EXPECTED TO FAIL DURING BOTH THE AM AND PM PEAK HOURS.
TWO, ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR MITIGATION OPTIONS A AND B ARE PROVIDED FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLANDS CONSIDERATION TO HELP EASE THE CONGESTION BETWEEN GUMTREE ROAD AND INDIGO RUN DRIVE, AS WELL AS ALONG THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY TOWARDS SEA PINE CIRCLE.
IT WAS FOUND THAT PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS EAST OF GUMTREE WOULD HAVE A MARGINAL IMPACT ON THE TRAVEL TIMES ALONG WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY CORRIDOR BETWEEN MOSS CREEK AND INDIGO RUN.
BUT THEY CAN IMPROVE KEY INTERSECTION PERFORMANCE
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AND HELP REDUCE QUEUING.IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS EXPANDING THE EXISTING ROUNDABOUT AT SEA PINE CIRCLE OR SIGNALIZING, THE INTERSECTION WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE TRAVEL TIMES ALONG CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY AND THE OPERATIONS OF THAT INTERSECTION AS WELL.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE TODAY.
I DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR FINAL RESULTS WITH YOU, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
UM, KATE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW THAT YOU'VE, UH, YOU AND
AND, UH, YES, WE SAW THE VIDEOS, UM, UH, THAT, THAT YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER ON THE VARIOUS, UH, UH, TRAFFIC STREAMS. BUT TO THIS DATE, I STILL BELIEVE THAT IF YOU HAVE A TOP DOWN VIEW OF THE ENTIRE TRACK, UM, AND, UH, AND SEE THE, THE EFFECTS WHEN YOU PUT IN CERTAIN TRAFFIC VOLUME NUMBERS, UH, VEHICLES PER HOURS, ET CETERA, THAT THAT IS, UM, UH, CRITICAL.
AND, UM, I'M KIND OF SURPRISED THAT, UM, THAT WAS NEVER, UH, DONE BY A LMU OR SUGGESTED BY LH MULLER.
AND I THINK THAT THE BEAUTY OF THESE MODELS, UH, IS THAT YOU CAN PLAY WITH, UM, WITH, UM, LOTS OF VARIABLES.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN ADD AN OVERPASS, AN UNDERPASS, YOU CAN ADD A BY ROAD.
YOU CAN DO ALL THESE THINGS AND YOU CAN SEE DIRECTLY WHAT THE EFFECT IS ON THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS, WELL, MAYBE YOU'VE DONE THIS, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS THAT, UM, I WOULD THINK IT'D BE VERY USEFUL FOR, UH, OUR TOWN TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO PLAY AROUND WITH A MODEL LIKE THIS.
AND, UM, I'M ALSO LOOKING AT JIM, WHO'S OUR, OUR, OUR TRAFFIC EXPERT.
FOR HIM TO BE, UM, COMPLETELY PROFICIENT WITH SOME OF THESE MODELS, UM, IS ALSO GOING TO, UH, ADD SOME VALUE TO, TO MANAGING TRAFFIC IN GENERAL.
BUT SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS REALLY, WHY, WHY DID THAT NOT HAPPEN? WE, WE DID PERFORM A THOROUGH ANALYSIS WITH ALL OF THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU ALL.
IT'S BEEN FROM, LIKE YOU SAID, FROM A TOP DOWN, IT'S BEEN COMPLETELY COMPREHENSIVE.
WE WENT TO GREAT EFFORTS TO CALIBRATE IT TO MATCH WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY AND, AND SHARE TO YOUR SECOND POINT.
UM, I KNOW YOU BROUGHT UP AT A COUPLE DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT COULD, WE HAVE ALMOST LIKE A WORKING SESSION, BUT WE'VE ALSO, UH, SHARED WITH YOU THAT THAT'S A SOFTWARE THAT TAKES A, IT'S A VERY LABORIOUS SOFTWARE AND TIME TO WORK THROUGH, AND THAT THERE'D BE A LOT OF DOWNTIME.
IT'D BE EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT.
UM, AND THEN YOU COMBINE THE DIFFICULTIES WITH IT BEING REMOTE AS THAT SOFTWARE IS HOUSED AT A COMPUTER BACK IN THE MIDWEST.
AND JUST IF WE WERE TO WATCH MICHELLE TO TRY THAT, IT, IT WOULD NOT WORK WELL.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT.
WE PROVIDED VIDEOS, BUT THE INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP TYPE SETTING, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE.
I, I STILL DON'T, I DON'T THINK I GET MY POINT ACROSS.
I MEAN, IF YOU, I'VE SEEN THIS, UH, AND I'VE, I'M NOT A TRAFFIC EXPERT, OKAY.
BUT I, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE MODELING THAT PEOPLE DO, INFRAWORKS IS ONE OF THEM.
AND I GUESS VISIM AND SYNCHRO AS WELL.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY, UM, PUT IN YOUR, UM, YOUR TRAFFIC VOLUME.
SO LET'S SAY THAT I WANNA LOOK AT 3000 VEHICLES PER HOUR.
I'M GONNA LOOK AT 4,000 VEHICLES PER HOUR.
THEN I SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF I, IF I DO AN OVERPASS OR IF I DON'T DO AN OVERPASS, OR IF I ADD A LIGHT OR TAKE A LIGHT AWAY.
THO THOSE ARE, UH, YOU CAN SEE IMMEDIATE RESULTS AND THE RESULTS WE SEE IN YOUR VIS MODELING DO NOT SHOW THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT BECAUSE IT HASN'T HAPPENED.
BUT I WOULD THINK FOR THE TOWN TO BE EQUIPPED WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UH, MR. MAYOR IS GOING TO BE, UH, VERY USEFUL IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THIS BRIDGE HAPPENS, UM, IT'S STILL HELPFUL TO SEE FOR JIM'S GROUP TO, TO LOOK AT IT AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THESE ARE THE EFFECTS.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IF WE, IF WE DO TWO LANES AROUND THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE OR ONE LANE OR AN OVERPASS.
ALL THESE ELEMENTS YOU CAN EITHER RULE OUT OR YOU CAN CONSIDER BY DOING THIS MODELING.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THAT NEVER WAS SHOWN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN GENERAL, UH, BUT ALSO NEVER BROUGHT UP HERE IN, IN OUR, UM,
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IN OUR COMMITTEES AS, AS WE BROUGHT UP AT THE INITIAL MEETINGS, IS THAT SYNCHRO IS A SOFTWARE THAT AS YOU POINT OUT, YOU CAN, THERE'S DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS WHERE YOU CAN TOGGLE IT AND YOU CAN SEE, OR IF YOU GO FROM ONE, ONE TURN LANE TO A SECOND TURN LANE AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IT AUTOMATICALLY POPULATES WHAT THE LEVELS OF SERVICE ARE AT THAT INTERSECTION BY ITSELF.FROM A CURSORY PERSPECTIVE, YOU CAN GET A ROUGH IDEA OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A CORRIDOR STUDY SUCH AS THIS, HAVING VISIM, THAT'S WHY WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING IN SYNCRO.
BUT THEN THE ULTIMATE FINDINGS THAT MICHELLE DID THAT WE FEEL THE MOST CONFIDENCE IN IS VISIM.
AND THAT SOFTWARE IS NOT, I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE, THE OTHER ONE BESIDES SANCOR THAT YOU MENTIONED, BUT THAT IS NOT A SOFTWARE THAT CAN BE DONE AS QUICKLY AND TO AROUND AND PLAY WITH IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
IT JUST, THAT'S JUST NOT HOW IT WORKS.
AND KATE AND MICHELLE, I DON'T IF, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT I'M MISSING IN THAT DESCRIPTION, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, TO CHIME IN.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU SAID IT EXACTLY RIGHT, AND I WOULD ONLY ADD THAT.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? SORRY, CAN YOU SAY IT AGAIN? YES, GO AHEAD.
UM, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, DIETRICH, THE, THE ITERATIVE PROCESS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY GO THROUGH INTERNALLY AS A TEAM, AND WE DID THAT TO COME UP WITH THE FOUR ALTERNATIVES THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DID WE SHOW YOU KIND OF OUR, OUR FINAL SOLUTIONS, BUT WE SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME INTERNALLY GOING THROUGH OTHER SOLUTIONS AS WELL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, WE, WE, WE PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS, WAS THE MOST VIABLE AND TO PRESENT EVERY MINUTE ITERATION THAT WE CONSIDERED, UH, WOULD'VE TAKEN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT.
AND WE WANTED TO TRY AND HAVE THIS BE AS CONCISE AND EFFICIENT, UM, AS POSSIBLE WITH RESPECT TO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S TIME IN THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, PLEASE REST ASSURED THAT THOSE ITERATIONS DID HAPPEN, UM, INTERNALLY WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS, AND WE BROUGHT THE INFORMATION THAT WE FELT WAS MOST PERTINENT FORWARD TO THIS COMMITTEE FOR ITS CONSIDERATION.
JOHN, IF I MIGHT ASK A QUESTION, UM, AS THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, ARE BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION, HOW WILL THIS INFORMATION BE UTILIZED IN THE FUTURE? WELL, UH, WELL, THANKS FOR FOR ASKING, SIR.
THE, UH, THE TOWN'S ALSO INVOLVED WITH A MAJOR, UH, THOROUGHFARES CORRIDOR PLAN.
UM, WE'VE DONE A DEEP EVALUATION OF, UH, THE ENTIRE WILLIAM MILTON PARKWAY GATEWAY, OR THE, THE ENTIRE WILLIAM MIL PARKWAY CORRIDOR, PALMETTO BAY, UH, POPE AVENUE, SOME SIDE STREETS, NEW ORLEANS, ARROW ROAD CROSS ISLAND.
UH, WE PRESENTED A COUPLE OF SEGMENTS AT A WORKSHOP, UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO AND OUR PLANNING IN OCTOBER, I THINK OCTOBER 8TH, UH, WORKSHOP TO TALK ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL SEGMENTS OF THE CORRIDOR.
UM, AS THIS REPORT WAS COMING IN AND THE, UH, OPTION A AND B, UH, IN PARTICULAR AS IT RELATES TO, UM, PALM UNDER BAY ROAD AND SEA PINES, UH, WE WERE SIMULTANEOUSLY GETTING INFORMATION FROM OUR, UM, FROM OUR CONSULTANTS THAT ARE WORKING ON THE CORRIDORS PLAN.
AND I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE TWO LANE ROUNDABOUT, THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES BETWEEN BOTH, UH, CONSULTANTS.
SO THIS INFORMATION WILL BE ANOTHER INPUT THAT WE UTILIZE, UM, AND BRING FORWARD TO TOWN COUNCIL AS POTENTIAL, UM, MITIGATION OR SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS, UH, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE ISLAND.
SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER INPUT.
UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS THAT RESULTED FROM THE, UM, DECISION ON THE GATEWAY CORRIDOR PROJECT, WHATEVER, UM, WHATEVER DECISION THAT ENDED UP BEING.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW COUNCIL'S DEFINED THAT PROJECT THAT HAS INFORMED THESE, UH, DOWNSTREAM EVALUATIONS.
AND, UM, SO THIS WILL BE ANOTHER INPUT THAT GOES INTO THE, UM, AS SOON AS, UH, THIS MEETING IS OVER, I'LL PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO OUR OTHER CONSULTANTS AS DRAFT, AND THEN, UH, PLAN TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO TOWN COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER FOR THEM TO ACCEPT THE FINAL REPORT AND THEN UTILIZE THAT, UM, TO AGAIN, HELP JIM AND HIS TEAM AND OUR CONSULTANTS, UH, BRING FORWARD AND, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.
I THINK, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ONE FINAL POINT, IS THAT, JUST TO REITERATE THAT THESE AREN'T, THESE ARE MITIGATION OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION, NOT RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE OPTION B, WHEN WE MENTION THE SIX LANE FACTOR, THAT IS JUST MORE OF PROVIDING YOU WITH DATA-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS, THAT IF ANYBODY WERE TO ASK IF IT WENT TO SIX LANES, WHAT WOULD IT, WHAT WOULD IT DO? SO WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING DOING THAT.
THESE ARE JUST OPTIONS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? SO, UM,
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I'M NOT SURE, JIM, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS, HOW, HOW QUALIFIED YOU ARE, HOW, HOW, HOW COMFORTABLE YOU ARE WITH, UM, SIMULATION MODELS.UM, WHETHER YOU, ARE YOU VERY COMFORTABLE, ARE YOU, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH SOME MORE THAN OTHERS, OR? I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT RUN A VISTA MODEL.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY ON STAFF THAT HAS, UH, 20, 25 YEARS OF WORKING IN A CONSULTANT FIRM THAT DID NOTHING BUT TRAFFIC STUDIES FOR 20, 25 YEARS AND IS VERY PROFICIENT IN THESE THINGS.
IT IS A, A MATTER OF WHERE WE SPEND OUR RESOURCES HERE.
AND AS THE CONSULTANT SAYS, THESE ARE VERY TIME CONSUMING, UH, DRIVEN MODELS AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME.
AND WHEN WE'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE THINGS, WE CAN'T FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS.
SO IT'S SIMPLY A PRIORITY LIST OF WHAT IT'S MOST EFFICIENT.
IS OUR INTERNAL TIME MORE EFFICIENT TO DO THAT, OR IS CONSULTANT TIME MORE EFFICIENT TO DO THAT? AND SO I WOULD THINK THAT'S, UH, AND MAYBE THIS IS SLIGHTLY OUTTA THE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THIS, BUT THAT CORRIDOR STUDY IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT, UM, THAT HILTON NET WILL, UH, BE FACED WITH.
IT'S ALSO INE CIRCLE ANOTHER JUST THE OVERALL ROAD SYSTEM.
AND SO I WOULD THINK THAT, UH, WHAT COMES OUT OF THIS MEETING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON NET TO HAVE THE INTERNAL CAPABILITY TO WORK WITH THESE MODELS, AND YOU HAVE CONSULTANT, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW, WE NEED TO BE CRITICAL OF WHAT, WHAT IS BEING OFFERED.
AND I THINK, UM, I STILL SEE THIS BIG GAP THAT WE HAD IN THE, IN THE, THE
UM, BUT THAT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE AS THEY SAY.
UM, BUT, UH, I WOULD THINK THAT ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, BUILD UP, STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY TO, TO, TO DEAL WITH THIS KIND OF STUFF.
NOT, NOT THROUGH A CONSULTANT, BUT TO HAVE THE INTERNAL RIGHT.
THAT, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION WE'D HAVE TO RUN THROUGH COUNCIL AND THE TOWN MANAGER BECAUSE OF THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH BRINGING THAT, THAT TECHNOLOGY IN HOUSE, WHICH I, I, I WOULD IMAGINE IS FAIRLY EXPENSIVE.
UM, THESE MODELS ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE.
IT'S, IT'S MORE ACQUIRING THE KNOWLEDGE TOO.
DID YOU, I THINK THAT COMPLETES THE, THE UPDATE ON THE, THE FINAL TWO ITEMS. UM, AGAIN, WANT, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
UH, BUT THE FINAL, UH, ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UM, ACCEPTANCE OF THE, SO PRIOR TO THAT, I, I THINK I, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, LYDIA, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT FORM SUBMITTED BY, UH, MS. MELINDA TONER.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS REGARDING THE ALTERNATIVES THAT YOU PRESENTED BOTH A AND B.
UM, THE PRIORITY ITEMS OF THE FOCUS, UH, SHOULD BE ON MAKING IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE CROSS ISLAND TO THE SEA PINE CIRCLE.
I APPRECIATE THE REVIEW OF THE TWO ALTERNATIVES, EXPANDING THE CIRCLE OR SIGNALIZING THE AREA.
UM, BUT TRAFFIC CIRCLES ARE PART OF THE ISLAND CHARM.
UH, I CAN REMEMBER COMING HERE AS A VISITOR FROM THE MIDWEST LONG TIME AGO, AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER EXPERIENCED A TRAFFIC CIRCLE.
AND SO WHEN I THINK OF HILTON HEAD, I THINK OF TRAFFIC CIRCLES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A TECHNIQUE USED IN OTHER AREAS, IT FEELS LIKE PART OF OUR ISLAND'S SIGNATURE, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS FROM SIGNALIZATION ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO CONSIDER REMOVING THE CIRCLES.
AND, UH, MR. WARNER TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL, UH, ISSUES IN REGARDS TO RIGHT OF WAY AND OWNERSHIP.
UH, IN REGARDS TO THE ALTERNATIVES ON THE NORTH END OF THE ISLAND, I DON'T WANT TO SEE AN INCREASE FROM FOUR LANES TO SIX LANES.
THERE ISN'T A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN TRAFFIC FLOW.
IT ADDS ADDITIONAL CONCRETE AND IMPERVIOUS SERVICES AND ADDS TO THE STORY OF WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY BECOMING THE WILLIAM HILTON EXPRESSWAY.
UM, I ALSO HAD A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING NEXT STEPS IN THE PROCESS, UH, SINCE MUNICIPAL CONSENT HAS BEEN GIVEN.
UM, AND SO I HAVE A FEW OF THOSE.
UH, WHEN IS BEAUFORT COUNTY EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE MOA, WHICH HAS THE TOWN'S EXPECTATIONS REGARDING A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT ITEMS? HOW WILL THE TOWN ORGANIZE ITS RESOURCES AND THE PUBLIC AROUND THIS WORK? AND WITH THE COUNTY? WHAT WILL BE THE MECHANISM TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED AND WILL FUTURE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE BY THE TOWN COUNCIL BE PART OF THE PUBLIC TOWN COUNCIL PROCESS? THANK YOU.
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THAT WE HAVE A SMALL CROWD, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR ANYBODY ELSE THAT WILL LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THIS TIME.SEEING NONE, WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE FINAL REPORT.
UM, UH, AGAIN, SIR, WE'VE GIVEN YOU A COPY OF THE FINAL REPORT.
UM, EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE REPORT WAS PRESENTED OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS.
OTHER THAN THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TODAY, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO AN ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, BUT ASK THE COMMITTEE, UM, TO MOVE TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AND WE'LL MOVE IT ON TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR REVIEW.
UM, SO BEFORE WE GO TO, TO THE, THE MOTION TO ACCEPT, ARE THERE ANY, WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE FINAL REPORT? I MOVE, WE ACCEPT THE FINAL REPORT FROM LAMUR.
IS THERE A SECOND? SAYING NONE.
I WILL PASS THE GAVEL TO MR. WATERER AND I'LL MAKE THE SECOND.
HAVE BACK
UM, I AM, UM, I FEEL A LITTLE CHEATED ON THE WAY THE PROCESS HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE TOWN.
AND WITH THE, WITH THE, THE LAST MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD, I HOPE THAT THE TOWN WILL, UM, CHANGE ITS ITS APPROACH AND NOT KEEP PEOPLE HERE FOR SIX HOURS AND GET TO THE CORE OF BUSINESS RATHER THAN, UM, DO ALL THE WINDOW DRESSING BEFORE THAT IN THE HOPES THAT PEOPLE WOULD LEAVE.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE ARE STILL, UM, A LOT OF ELEMENTS IN THIS STUDY THAT HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, FULLY EXPLORED.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WASN'T PUSHED, UH, HARDER, THE WIDENING OF THE BRIDGE, THE REPAIR OF THE BRIDGE, UM, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT HAVEN'T, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT HAVE REALLY HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY EXPLORED.
SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY, UH, BY NATE AND, AND KATE AND THE REST OF THE TEAM.
I MEAN, YOU SPEND A LOT OF HOURS AND YOU, YOU, UH, YOU HAVE BEEN, UH, UH, GETTING ALL THE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, UH, AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND, AND WE CARE FOR OUR ISLAND.
UM, SO, UM, I THINK IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT, UM, IT, UH, THE TOWN MADE A DECISION PRIOR TO THE STUDY HAVING BEEN FINISHED, UH, TO BEGIN WITH, BUT APPARENTLY THEY WERE SO EAGER TO TO, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
UM, SO I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF, UM, HOW SHOULD I PUT IT? A LOT OF, UH, UM, I WOULD THINK FAULTS WITH THE, WITH THE PROCESS.
AND I HOPE THAT THE TOWN WILL BE IMPROVE THEIR, THEIR, THE WAY THEY, THEY HANDLE THINGS AND, AND BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THINGS.
SO, UM, AND I ALSO THANK, UH, SEAN FOR, FOR THE HOURS OF WORK AND, AND JIM AND OTHERS, UH, BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE, UH, IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE.
UM, UH, BUT I'M JUST DISAPPOINTED OVERALL WITH THE END RESULTS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT.
UH, I, I HOPE GOING FORTH THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT UH, UH, DIDN'T, THE DECISION DIDN'T GO THEIR WAY, AREN'T GONNA TAKE THEIR BAT AND GO HOME AND SULK, UH, THAT THEY STEP UP AND SAY, OKAY, UH, WE'RE ONE ISLAND, WE'RE ONE PEOPLE, AND, UH, IT DIDN'T GO MY WAY, BUT WE GOTTA GET THIS DONE FOR THE FUTURE.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO SIT BACK AND COMPLAIN, IT DOESN'T MOVE IT FORWARD.
AND ADDITIONALLY, IT'S ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED BY TOWN COUNCIL, SO THIS IS THE FINAL REPORT THAT IT IS OUR JOB PUT ASIDE ALL YOUR DIFFERENCES.
IT'S OUR JOB TO SAY, YES, THIS IS THE FINAL REPORT FROM A FINE FIRM THAT SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE LOCK ME GROUP.
WE APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS AND WE ACCEPT IT.
WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH IT, BUT WE ACCEPT IT AS THE FINAL REPORT.
IT'S THE FINAL REPORT THAT WE MUST ACCEPT BECAUSE TOWN COUNCIL HAS ALREADY SAID WE'RE GOING FORTH.
YEAH, I ALSO, I JUST WANT TO ECHO, UH, DIETRICH'S, UH, SENTIMENTS, NO SENSE OF ME REPEATING ALL WHAT HE SAID, BUT, UM, THE ONE THING I'M, I'M, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT I DO NOT THINK THERE WAS ENOUGH TIME SPENT ON THE ACTUAL CROSSING, THE ACTUAL, THE BRIDGES OUT THERE.
UM, THERE, THERE WE WERE LEFT WITH A, UH, WELL, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED, 11 LANES OF, OF RIBBON OF CONCRETE.
UM, I, I'M STILL OF THE OPINION, AND I, I ACTUALLY ATTENDED A WEBINAR YESTERDAY.
THEY, WHERE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LIFESPAN OF BRIDGES 75 YEARS IS APPROXIMATE LIFESPAN FOR A STANDARD BRIDGE.
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UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AGE OF THESE ARE, BUT THEY'RE 40 TO 50 YEARS OLD, I'M THINKING.RIGHT? UM, AND THE, THE CHART THAT THEY SHOWED ACTUALLY SHOWED THE, THE LIFESPAN OF A BRIDGE STARTS WITH BRAND, SOMETHING BRAND NEW, AND THEN IT STARTS DETERIORATING TO THE POINT WHERE YOU, YOU TAKE A, A REHABILITATION POINT AND THEN THAT GOES DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE 75 YEARS, HENCE FROM THE BEGINNING, A REPLACEMENT TAKES PLACE.
OKAY? IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT THIS COULDN'T BE DONE HERE GIVEN ALL OF THE, UH, THINGS THAT ARE WRONG WITH THESE BRIDGES.
I MEAN, THERE'S ONE THAT'S BAD, BUT THE OTHERS NEED TO BE REHABILITATED.
ALSO, I SPOKE ABOUT WIDENING AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
I ALSO CON SINCE CONSIDERED, UM, THE FACT THAT THERE'S EXISTING 36 FEET LANE WIDTH THERE.
NOW, IS THERE ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO, UM, YOU UTILIZE THAT IN A BETTER WAY? BUT IT SEEMS LIKE NONE OF MY, NONE OF THOSE COMMENTS WERE REALLY ADDRESSED OR AT LEAST TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
SO, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'M, I'M, I, I'M KIND OF DOWN ON THIS WHOLE PROCEDURE OF, OF WHAT WE DID HERE.
ANYWAY, CHARLIE, THIS, THE STUDY DID, IT DOES CONTAIN, UM, WHICH WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS INCLUDE ALL OF THE, SOME OF, A LOT OF THOSE INTERIM DELIVERABLES THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU, SO THAT THERE'S ONE, ONE MEETING.
I, I WASN'T HERE FOR THAT ONE MEETING THAT, THAT, THAT IT WAS EXPLAINED, RIGHT? SO THERE'S A COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT IN THERE.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, THE, THE KEY, UM, IS THAT THE EXISTING BRIDGE IS, YES, THEY'RE 50 YEARS OLD AND WE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, DO STRUCTURAL REHABILITATION.
HOWEVER, NONE OF THEM HAVE ANY TYPE OF SEISMIC.
THEY DON'T MAKE THE SEISMIC DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.
THE POINT IS SEISMIC COULD BE DEALT WITH, BUT THE COST TO DO THAT WAS WHAT OUR OPINION WAS.
NO, IN FACT, I, WE HAD ASKED, OR I'D ASKED FOR A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE COSTS, AND I THINK YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE, IT WAS, UH, TROUBLE TO TROUBLESOME TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
THE, THE DOT'S DESIGN TEAM, THEY PROVIDED COSTING FOR THE STRUCTURAL REHABILITATION, THEY DID NOT DO THE COST FOR THE SEISMIC RETROFITTING.
AND I DON'T, AS I STATED, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS FOR NEFARIOUS REASONS.
I THINK THAT THE DELTA, JUST FROM THE STRUCTURAL ITSELF AS COMPARED TO JUST BUILDING NEW, UM, THE NUMBERS THAT STAND OUT TO ME WERE MAYBE 240 MILLION, TWO STRUCTURAL REHABILITATE, WHEREAS 178 MILLION TO BUILD A NEW SIX LANE STRUCTURE.
BUT THAT 240 MILLION DID NOT INCLUDE THE COST TO SEISMICALLY RETROFIT AN EXISTING BRIDGE THAT WOULD HAVE A LOWER LIFESPAN THAN A BRAND NEW BRIDGE.
HOW MANY OTHER BRIDGES IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ARE SEISMICALLY DEFICIENT? I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, SIR.
I JUST KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT ANY NEW BRIDGE OR ANY RETROFITS HAVE TO INCLUDE SEISMIC RETROFITS MOVING FORWARD AND ALRIGHT, SO IF THAT, IF THAT MONEY COULD BE SPENT NOW AND THEN 25 YEARS FROM NOW, THEY COULD, IT COULD BE REPLACED OR SO THEY COULD BE REPLACED WITH THE CASE.
I DON'T, NO, BUT WE, BUT, BUT WE PROVIDED, UM, UM, A SUMMARY MEMO AND THEN ALL THE SLIDES, CHARLIE, THAT YOU WEREN'T THERE, THAT SUMMARIZES ALL OF OUR, OUR FINES.
AND THEN I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE SEISMIC STUDY THAT THE DOT GAVE US, IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
WELL, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AND, AND AND GONE THROUGH DURING THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS, A LOT OF QUESTIONS, UM, A LOT OF INFORMATION PROVIDED WITHIN THE REPORT.
AND, AND I'VE GOTTA AGREE WITH MR. WARNER, WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THIS REPORT OR NOT.
UM, IT IS THE FINAL REPORT AND, UM, IF, IF WE COME OUT OF HERE WITHOUT A RE, WITHOUT AN APPROVAL OF IT BEING THE FINAL REPORT, I IMAGINE IT'LL STILL GO TO COUNCIL.
UM, AND COUNCIL WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION AND WE'LL ALSO MAKE, UH, UM, THEIR OWN RECOMMENDATION.
UM, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE SAY THAT THIS IS THE FINAL REPORT.
WE ACCEPT IT AS THE FINAL REPORT WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH IT OR NOT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL PUT UP A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING IT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND OPPOSED MOTION FAILS.
SO THIS COMMITTEE DOES NOT RECOMMEND ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AS THE FINAL REPORT.
UM, ALL SAID, ANY NEW BUSINESS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS? NO.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
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CHRISTINA PORTO HAD AN ARGUMENT WITH HER PARENTS, UH, THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED, HER MOTHER REPORTED HER WERE MISSING.UH, CHRISTINA WENT TO THE PAYPHONE AT THE BYLAW, WHICH IS A SUPERMARKET ACROSS THE STREET FROM WOODLAKE VILLAGE IS WHERE CHRISTINA LIVED, CALLED A FRIEND TO COME PICK HER UP AND TOLD HER TO MEET HER AT THE POOL AREA OF WOODLAKE VILLAGE.
WHEN THE FRIEND ARRIVED TO PICK CHRISTINA UP, SHE FOUND A RED SWEATER.
UH, WE KNOW FROM THE INVESTIGATION THAT CHRISTINA HAD A STRAINED RELATIONSHIP AT HOME.
UH, SHE DID NOT TAKE ANY BELONGINGS WITH HER.
SO THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING HER DISAPPEARANCE ARE EXTREMELY SUSPICIOUS.
THREE-YEAR-OLD PAUL BAKER WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HIS STEPMOTHER FROM THEIR SHELL POINT HOME IN 1987.
THE STEPMOTHER BECAME A PERSON OF INTEREST IN HIS DISAPPEARANCE.
EARLY ON, THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT, UH, SHE BEAT PAUL'S OLDER SISTER.
SHE WAS LATER CHARGED AND CONVICTED OF THAT, AND THEN MOVED TO FLORIDA WHERE SHE WAS ALSO CONVICTED OF ABDUCTING ANOTHER CHILD AND IS CURRENTLY SERVING TIME IN FLORIDA.
PAUL'S NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE 37-YEAR-OLD.
APRIL V WAS REPORTED MISSING FROM HILTON ISLAND IN 1991.
SHE HAD A FIGHT WITH HER BOYFRIEND.
SHE WAS LAST SEEN AT A CHURCH WHERE SHE RECEIVED MONEY FOR A BUS TICKET.
SHE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
KAY HAMILTON WAS REPORTED MISSING IN YEE BY HER GRANDMOTHER IN NOVEMBER OF 1995.
THE GRANDMOTHER REPORTED THAT SHE HADN'T SEEN KAY IN A COUPLE WEEKS AND BECAME CONCERNED.
KAY HAD SOME MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT NEEDED ATTENTION.
AN EXAMINATION OF KAY'S HOUSE REVEALED THAT A CRIME SCENE HAD BEEN CLEANED UP.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT HER DISAPPEARANCE IS EXTREMELY SUSPICIOUS.
SEAN JONES AND TOBY BING WERE REPORTED MISSING BY FAMILY MEMBERS IN 1999 FROM HILTON ISLAND.
IN THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS LEARNED THAT THEY WERE TO MEET WITH SOME SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS IN BLUFFTON.
THAT WAS THE LAST TIME ANYBODY SAW SEAN AND TOBY.
ALSO IN THE INVESTIGATION, A CRIME SCENE WAS LOCATED AT A HIGH ON ROAD RESIDENCE IN BLUFFTON.
BOLT HOLES WERE FOUND IN THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER AND A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF BLOOD THAT MATCHED TOBY BING WAS FOUND BENEATH THE PORCH.
ATM FOOTAGE FROM DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA REVEALED THAT SEAN JONES TRUCK HAD BEEN DROPPED OFF BY UNKNOWN SUSPECTS.
AT THE NIGHT OF THE DISAPPEARANCE, A SUBJECT WAS CHARGED IN THE MURDER OF TOBY BING.
BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, THOSE CHARGES ULTIMATELY WERE DROPPED AND THAT SUBJECT WAS CONVICTED INTO FEDERAL COURT AND ACTUALLY IS STILL SERVING TIME TODAY.
OTHER PERSONS OF INTEREST WERE ALSO CONVICTED IN A FEDERAL CONSPIRACY CASE.
BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE OBTAINED DURING THE INVESTIGATION, IT IS CLEAR THAT, UH, SEAN AND TOBY, UH, MET A VERY VIOLENT END.
AS OF THIS POINT, WE HAVE NOT FOUND SEAN AND TOBY ON MARCH 4TH, 2008, JOHN ELIZABETH CALBERT, WHO OWNED THE HARBORTOWN Y AND WERE REPORTED MISSING BY ELIZABETH'S BROTHER IN ATLANTA.
IN INVESTIGATING THE CASE, UH, WE DISCOVERED THAT THEY HAD IN FACT HAD A MEETING WITH DENNIS GERWIN, WHO WAS THE ACCOUNTANT AT THE CLUB GROUP IN C PONDS.
DENNIS GERING HANDLED THE FINANCES FOR THE CALVERTS AND
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THEY HAD DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD BEEN EMBEZZLING MONEY FROM THEIR ACCOUNTS.ELIZABETH HAD A MEETING ON SUNDAY, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN MARCH 2ND, 2008, AND THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO HAVE A MEETING, UH, JOHN AND ELIZABETH WITH DENNIS GERING AT HIS OFFICE, AT THE CLUB GROUP IN SEA PINE CENTER ON MARCH 3RD.
AT ABOUT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, IT WAS LEARNED THAT DENNIS GERING HAD RUN OFF HIS EMPLOYEES FROM THE OFFICE.
SO HE WAS ALONE WHEN JOHN CALVERT, UH, APPEARED SOMETIME AFTER 5:00 PM ELIZABETH WAS RUNNING LATE, BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT SHE ALSO JOINED JOHN AT THAT OFFICE.
AND DENNIS, IN THAT MEETING, IN INTERVIEWING DENNIS GERING, HE ADVISED THAT THEY HAD WENT TO DINNER WITHOUT HIM AFTER THE MEETING, AND THEY WERE FINE WHEN THEY LEFT.
IT WAS LEARNED THAT PRIOR TO THE MEETING ON MONDAY, MARCH 3RD, 2008, DENNIS GERING HAD WENT TO GRAY CO HARDWARE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND PURCHASED COMMERCIAL GRADE DROP CLOTHS.
IT WAS ALSO LEARNED THAT AFTER THE MEETING WITH THE CALVERTS, THAT DENNIS APPEARED AT THE CVS PHARMACY ON THE SOUTH END OF
WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THAT INFORMATION, DENNIS GERWIN SAID THAT HE HAD CUT HIS HAND ON A WINE BOTTLE, BUT THERE WAS NO BROKEN WINE BOTTLE AT HIS HOUSE.
DENNIS HAD AN INTERESTING CUT ON HIS HAND.
FOLLOWING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CALVERS, HE HAD WHAT'S CALLED SLIDE BITE.
IT'S A LACERATION THAT GOES ALONG THE WEB OF THE HAND, WHICH IS COMMONLY CAUSED BY AN AUTO SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL.
A HOLSTER WAS RECOVERED IN DENNIS GROWING'S HOUSE, WHICH WE LATER FOUND OUT BELONGED TO A 22 CALIBER SEMI-AUTOMATIC BERETTA HANDGUN.
THAT HANDGUN HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND, NOR HAVE THE CALIBERS FAMILY MEMBERS OF MARGUERITE AMAZON REPORTED HER HER MISSING.
IN 2013, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS INDICATED THAT, UH, SHE HAD BEEN AT A PARTY THE NIGHT BEFORE, UH, HER DISAPPEARANCE, UH, WITH HER LIVE-IN BOYFRIEND WHO HAD ALSO DISAPPEARED SUSPICIOUSLY.
THERE WERE SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE IN THE HOUSE WHERE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THERE WAS ALSO JEWELRY FOUND OF MARGARITE AMAZON OUTSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE.
IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING HER DISAPPEARANCE, WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK HER BOYFRIEND TO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
HE HAD BOUGHT A PLANE TICKET BUT FAILED TO RETURN.
TO GET ON THAT PLANE, WE FOUND A RESIDENCE HE STAYED AT IN THE GREATER SAVANNAH AREA, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE ADVISED THAT HE HAD A SCRATCH ON HIS FACE THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
MARGUERITE'S VEHICLE WAS ALSO FOUND IN SAVANNAH IN THAT SAME AREA ABANDONED NEAR THE KELLER FLEA MARKET.
MARGUERITE'S MOBILE TELEPHONE WAS FOUND ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY ONE 70 COMING OUT OF BLUFFTON INTO BEAUFORT.
WE BELIEVE THAT HER BOYFRIEND FLED THE COUNTRY AND WENT BACK TO GUATEMALA WHERE HE IS FROM.
WE ENLISTED THE HELP OF THE FBI'S LEGAL ATTACHE, ALSO KNOWN AS A
AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS HER BOYFRIEND WAS FROM THAT AREA.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN OR HEARD FROM MARGUERITE SINCE IN 2017, KENNETH JENKINS WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HIS MOM FROM ST.
KENNETH WAS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, HAD JUST GOT AN OUT, WAS WORKING.
AND WE BELIEVE BASED ON OUR INVESTIGATION, WHICH WE CAN'T DISCLOSE A LOT OF DETAILS THAT, UH, FOUL PLAYS INVOLVED IN HIS DISAPPEARANCE.
ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON ANY OF THE MISSING PERSONS WE'VE DISCUSSED IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR CRIME STOPPERS OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M WAYNE ELLI, PRESIDENT OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES.
WE'RE OFFERING A $5,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF ANY PERSON INVOLVED IN ANIMAL FIGHTING.
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