Mount Pleasant's Bids and Purchases Committee awarded Banks Construction a contract of nearly $1.2 million on Oct. 5 to dredge parts of Shem Creek near the shrimp boat docks, the floating day dock and the leased dock. The town also committed about $378,000 for engineering and design on a future boardwalk replacement and roughly $318,000 to study the concrete pilings protecting the Pitt Street Bridge seawall.
Why this matters here
Shem Creek is a working waterfront and a tourist draw at the same time. Navigable water around the shrimp boat docks keeps the fleet, the seafood buyers and the restaurants that trade on that view all in business.
First reported by postandcourier.com.
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