Demolition contract awarded for aging Charleston bridges
The South Carolina DOT awarded a 59.6 million contract to Jay Cashman Inc and Tesla Corp of Massachusetts to dismantle the two aging bridges that will be replaced by the 632 million cable stayed New Bridge. Demolition will begin after the new span opens and involves recycling steel and dumping concrete offshore to form artificial reefs. The project timeline allows removal within the 18 month contract. The Charleston County Library seeks memories and mementos about the old bridges to preserve local history.
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Charleston
North America
Weston
Mount Pleas
South Carolina
State Department of Transportation
Massachusetts
Jay Cashman Inc
Tesla Corp
John Grace
Jan Buving
Feeding tube pioneers warn overuse in ethical crisis
Cleveland researchers Dr. Michael Gauderer and Dr. Jeffrey Ponsky recall PEG technique developed in 1979 to aid infants and note its misuse beyond initial aims. They say endangerment of patient wishes in Terri Schiavo case highlights tough choices over life-sustaining feeding tubes and urge nonintervention by government.
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Cleveland
Terri Schiavo
Michael Gauderer
Greenville Children’s Hospital
South Carolina
Jeffrey Ponsky
Ponsky
Department of Surgery
Case Western Reserve University
Schiavo
Florida
Michael
Gauderer
Gauderer and Ponsky
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Michael W.L. Gauderer
Greenville Hospital
Greenville
Recycling struggle in Carolinas hits bottle, curbside push
Officials at a Myrtle Beach conference say Carolinas struggle to meet growing demand for recycled cans and bottles. They note waning public interest since the 1980s and discuss bottle deposit laws versus expanding curbside collection as the main path forward.
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Myrtle Beach
Carolinas
North
South Carolina
Transportation agency to undergo independent review
The South Carolina Department of Transportation Commission will seek an independent evaluation of agency operations to save taxpayers money and improve management of roads and bridges. The commission backed its executive director Elizabeth Mabry after a critical letter from Chairman Tee Hooper. a separate motion approved a review with no details on scope or cost.
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State Department of Transportation Commission
Commission
Tee Hooper
Hooper
Elizabeth Mabry
Myrtle Beach
Mabry
Marion Carnell
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