Greeneway Project Turns Old Railroad Bed Into Trail
North Augusta transformed a 5.2 mile abandoned railroad into the Greeneway hiking and biking trail named for Mayor Thomas Greene. Phase one covers 3.2 miles from Georgia Ave to Martintown Road with plans for eight miles by 2006. The 10 foot wide paved path runs dawn to dusk with no lighting and is patrolled by Public Safety.
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Ky Dustin Turner
North Augusta
Pisgah Road
Horse Creek
Brooks
North Augusta Department of Public Safety
North Augusta Parks and Recreation
Greeneway
Syster Brooks
Hamburg
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Savannah
Augusta Regional Transportation Study
ISTEA
Norfolk Southern
Aiken
Riverview Park
Bikers push for path at Weeks Center amid community pushback
Riders urge bike path access, citing safety and children’s use, while opponents raise concerns over funds and privacy on Banks Mill and Gilbert Street. The $1.4 million, 15 year plan begins with Phase 1 from Price Avenue to South Boundary Avenue, pending DOT review.
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Citizens Park
Aiken Mile Track
Gilbert Street
Timber- Jane Road
Douglas Becker
Becker
S.C. Department of Transportation
Roger P. Leduc
Public Works
DOT
Tim McKinsey
Aiken
Controversial Barnwell Nuclear Waste Site Claimed High Revenues
The 287 acre state facility near Barnwell accepts solidified low level waste from hospitals universities and power plants for a 60 to 75 per cubic foot fee plus a 235 per cubic foot state surcharge. Major clients include University of South Carolina Medical University of S.C. and Wes t inghouse. Waste is buried in concrete boxes in trenches. about 9 million cubic feet remain for over 20 years. State expects about 100 million per year in revenue with Barnwell County receiving 5 percent share.
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Savannah River
Barnwell
University of South Carolina
Medical University of S.C
Medical College of Georgia
Chem-Nuclear
Benjamin
Allan Stalvey
Stalvey
Barnwell County
Shuttle Crew Studies Tree Growth in Weightlessness
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla shuttle Columbia crew bent 6 inch saplings 90 degrees to test if trees straighten in zero gravity. Over two weeks they will compare bent and straight saplings for wood quality. NASA aims to learn how to limit warp in forests and aid long space missions.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Shuttle
Columbia
Susan Helms
Earth
NASA
J. Patton Downey
Mar
Shall Space Flight Center
Huntsv Ille
Ala
Robert Thirsk
Mars
U.S
Endeaour
Window of opportunity closes on June 28 for WSRC Bechtel layoffs
Workers can reconsider leaving through June 28 as severance and one year health insurance aid WSRC and Bechtel Savannah River Inc. staff. Patricia Webber, former Reagan White House aide, sought freelance writing after moving from Washington to AIcen in 1989. Earlier, lack of early retirement offers due to cost prompted DOE review amid criticism. potential 25 million cost for 100 workers if pursued.
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WSRC
Bechtel Savannah River Inc
Patricia Webber
Ms. Webber
Reagan White House
Aicen
Washington, D.C
Westinghouse
Webber
SRS
DOE
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Disear
Synergic Health
Silver Bluff
Ilean
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Aiken Regional Medical Centers
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