Pressure Washing in Goose Creek, SC

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCSC) - At a City Council Planning Commission workshop, Goose Creek leaders will review a proposal to annex about 14 acres to build a 142-townhome neighborhood off of Nello Drive.

Nestled behind existing homes along Nello Drive are about 14 undeveloped acres that one company wants to turn into a neighborhood. The applicant is RCC Properties LLC, proposing that Goose Creek annex the land and assign it a flexible building zone.

The proposal for the Nello Drive Townhome development would have the builder construct 142 townhomes on streets with 5-foot-wide paved sidewalks. The proposed property would have eight-foot-wide trails connecting to amenities including a dog park and outdoor fitness equipment.

In terms of stormwater, the plan right now calls for at least two retention ponds, that will have fountains and serve as a visual amenity.

Taisha Pete lives in the Nello Farms neighborhood off of Nello Drive. She says growth has its perks, but she has concerns about the logistics of keeping up next door to her.

“My concern is that the roads are not being built to accommodate the influx of people and new homes. The schools aren’t getting any bigger, they are overcrowded, I’m sure. The bus lines – kids are sometimes standing on the school bus because there aren’t enough seats. And this is going years back, because my daughter is older now, and they used to stand on that line and I didn’t like that, it’s not good,” Pete says.

Pete’s philosophy is the city needs to take care of what they have before approving too much more development, even as more neighbors can be good for business.

“I feel like growth is good, people moving into the area is good, it helps with the economy but the town the city needs to accommodate everyone moving in with the roads and the schools,” Pete says.

The Nello Drive proposal will go before Goose Creek City Council’s planning commission workshop on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. during a meeting at Fire Station One.

Details of the meeting agenda can be found here.

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GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCSC) - A project in Goose Creek that has been in the works for almost three years is now finally nearing completion.

Berkeley County’s Red Bank Road Gravity Sewer Project was started in the spring of 2022 in an effort to increase sewer capacity and prevent the sewer overflows the area was experiencing.

The plan to install a large gravity sewer main along Red Bank Road between Sunrise Boulevard and Henry E. Brown Jr. Boulevard should have been completed some time ago, but contractor issues caused a major delay.

Because of the complications within the region, including the different homes and businesses, they had to use a “pipe-bursting” method to fix the pipes and there were only a few companies across the state that would do this work. When the original contractors were not making any progress, project leaders had a very difficult time finding new contractors to do this work.

The county was finally able to hire Palmetto Site Works and Sanders Brothers Construction to complete the project. Now, the pipe bursting work is finally complete, so they are working on repairing the sidewalk and curbing which they anticipate will be completed by the end of February.

Berkeley County leaders believe this project will greatly benefit community members in the area once it is completed. Berkeley County Supervisor Johnny Cribb said he believes the completion of this project will have a big impact.

“We have folks that have been dealing with this frustration of how long the project takes for a while. The good news is, when the project’s over, that the back flow risk that you worry about maybe coming into your house or your business or inadequate sewer capacity if you come along the Red Bank Corridor in that region and you want to put in a new business, something that improves the area, the capacity will be there without the risk,” Cribb said.

This project is funded by the Berkeley County Water and Sewer impact fee program.

The cost originally started at $8.5 million but after conflicts and changes, the project now sits at about $13 million. This project is one of many improvements coming to the area.

“For that region, I know Goose Creek’s done some annexation along Red Bank Road. The county’s building a brand-new magistrate court, a brand-new sheriff substation and a brand-new EMS station. So, there’s a lot of improvements [happening] on Red Bank Road,” Cribb said. “We feel like when this project is done, not only will the sewer be short up, the sidewalk and road conditions will be much better than they’ve been in many, many years, and hopefully, the progress we’ve made on Red Bank Road will continue.”

Once project leaders finish the work on the curbs and sidewalk, the next step for the project is to resurface the road. Cribb anticipates they should be substantially completed with this project in April.

More project updates can be found through this link here.

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GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCSC) - The City of Goose Creek Fire Department is asking residents and business owners for input to help create the department’s first strategic plan.

City of Goose Creek Fire Chief Mike Nixon said the purpose of the plan is to get everyone in the department on the same page. They’ll get input from members of the department, the City of Goose Creek residents and business owners.

The survey asks what they need to work on and what they are doing well. That feedback will help them make a plan that will provide a clear and concise path moving forward. Nixon said it would also consider risk factors that could be faced in the future whether it’s internal or external with a response.

“Where are we excelling at, where are we failing at and kind of find a way to solve those issues. It could be something that people have had interactions with us on a fire scene where they thought we performed average. We don’t want to be average, we want to be above average,” Nixon said.

Once the survey closes they plan on having focus groups within the department to analyze the information and come up with a plan.

“We’re going to all sit down separately with the information that we’ve received from all of the surveys internal and external and we’re going to deep dive into every specific content point and we’re going to break them down and we’re going to figure out where we really need to focus we’re doing or at first try to problem solve those issues and come up with solutions for that,” Nixon said.

There is no set deadline for that set, but once it’s complete it will be posted for anyone to see. They plan to annually review it and about every three years create a new one.

You can take this 10-question survey starting Feb. 6, for 30 days. It’s available in three languages and you can drop off the paper version at city hall or online here.

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COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — On Tuesday, the Trump Administration sent the first group of migrant detainees to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, which is being used as a large scale immigration detention center.

“There’s a lot of space to accommodate a lot of people, yeah, so we’re going to use it,” says President Trump from the Oval Office.

This, following his executive order on January 20th to crackdown on illegal immigration.

Also on Tuesday, Attorney General Alan Wilson sent a letter to all 46 sheriffs across SC — encouraging them to apply for ICE’s “Section 287-G Program” — which allows local law enforcement to perform and help in certain immigration efforts.

According to the official website of “Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” only Horry, Lexington, and York counties are currently signed up for the program.

Christale Spain, Chair of the SC Democratic Party, says there’s a lot of misinformation out there regarding the raids causing fear throughout certain communities.

“You know I just think people are scared, and emotionally feel afraid. We don’t know what’s happening with our country, and I think the way to combat that, as far as the Democratic Party goes, is to put out factual information,” she says.

With recent ICE raids happening as nearby as Goose Creek, SC and Savannah, Georgia, the SC Democratic Party wants legal community members to know their rights — should an ICE agent come to their door.

“To know that they don’t have to open the door for ICE unless they have a signed warrant from a judge, and they do have the right to remain silent, and they are not required to answer questions about their immigration status. And don’t sign anything without legal representation,” says Spain, adding, if you’re able to record the ICE raid safely, to do so.

“And report those incidents to immigrant rights organizations and legal groups,” she says.

According to Spain, adding to fear mongering regarding ICE raids are impersonators, with three men recently arrested for pretending to be an ICE agent. This includes 33-year-old Sean-Michael Johnson from Charleston County.

Congresswoman Nancy Mace has also taken part in raids, as she posted on X.

“If there aren’t safe guard rails put up on some of this, this craziness, you know, Americans are going to get swept up into this, and that…that should be a concern for everybody,” says Spain.

If you’d like more information, a free discussion regarding ICE raids will be held at the Richland County Public Library on Saturday, February 8th at 2:30 p.m.

Published: Feb. 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM PST|

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCSC) - The largest military shipbuilder in the U.S. is expanding its operations in Goose Creek with plans to create more than 250 jobs.

HII recently purchased the assets of W International, a metal fabrication facility located on Bushy Park Road that specializes in the manufacturing of shipbuilding structures, modules and assemblies.

The site will now be known as Newport News Shipbuilding-Charleston Operations and will operate under HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division.

Berkeley County Economic Development Director, John Williams, said HII will bring all existing workforce, resources, and contracts with them, including contracts they already have with the U.S. military.

“They purchased the company and all the assets. The building that they have in place, all the equipment that they have in place, all of the contracts that they currently have, many of which are with the U.S. military, they’re assuming all of that. They’re going to take what they have and they’re going to grow it,” he said.

Williams said because HII is expanding operations, they’re increasing their capital investment to $100 million. He added they also plan to achieve W International’s failed goal of creating 600 positions.

“This is all kinds of trades. It’s not just welders. I mean, they need electricians, they need highly skilled machinists. They need pretty much any of the trades that you can think of that are going to be housed there and going to be needed by them. And, these are high-paying jobs. We’re not looking to try to recruit low-paying jobs in this area or lots of jobs. We want a good number of jobs, and we want good-paying jobs. And that’s why HII checks the box so well because they are... It’s a great company, long-standing, safe jobs, stable jobs, and high-paying jobs,” Williams said.

He said the site is perfect to support HII and all of their operations, and has many benefits like barge access, deep water access and a nearby railroad.

“That park is really desirable. The fact that they got deep water access, and so you can bring ships, you can bring submarines, you can bring any of those types of vessels that need water for transportation, you can bring them in there. If you’ve got pieces of equipment or engines that are too large to put either on the highway, on a truck, or on a rail, you can always put them on a barge and carry them by water. Bushy Park’s ability to barge different pieces of equipment checks the box for the HII,” Williams said.

He said all of these factors are important when thinking about transporting the type of giant vessels and submarines like HII does.

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