CONWAY, SC (WBTW)- Friday marks one month since flood waters from hurricane Florence took over parts of Conway, and some areas of the city remain closed.
City leaders met with FEMA and state representatives on Thursday, and estimate it’s going to cost $3 million dollars to fix public infrastructure.
The Riverwalk is shut down and will be for months until every board is replaced.
The park by the marina and the marina store are closed. The fireman’s clubhouse is going to be total loss. The tennis center is also closed, and it has seen flooding before. In situations like that, FEMA will help pay to relocate.
“If flooding continuously happens in an area they will give you money to improve or move facilities like that to make sure it doesn’t happen again, so that way we aren’t wasting our tax dollars,” said Taylor Newell, City of Conway spokesperson.
Flood waters also re-filled Lake Busbee, which Santee Cooper had mostly drained to return the area to a wetland. The utility said it will pump the water out again, and still be on schedule to plant trees on the site during the winter.
During flooding, the Main Street bridge was a main artery to get in and out of Conway, and will be shut down January 1st for repairs.
“We’ve had a lot of traffic during all of the flooding events on the Main St. bridge and that’s something we’ve been concerned about for a couple of months and that’s why SCDOT is going to be doing that project,” said Newell.
