Huger resident asks questions about the state of the Cainhoy Road project

HUGER, S.C. (WCSC) - After not seeing progress for nearly 20 years, one Berkeley County resident in the Huger community is speaking up on the progress of the Cainhoy Road project.

Ronald Taylor has lived on Cainhoy Road his entire life and echoes his life and appreciation for his home. Standing tall for decades, the Stewart Chapel United Methodist Church holds strong and sturdy near the road. You can hear children playing on the playground miles away from Taylor’s home at Cainhoy Elementary School.

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Driving the road daily, Taylor says the roads are too narrow, potholes are consistent, and the heavy traffic makes the road increasingly dangerous, especially at night. Taylor says the heavy amount of increased traffic is the biggest concern in the area. With new subdivisions arriving and the commercial business on Clements Ferry Road expanding, if the project isn’t completed, he fears it could turn into a dangerous situation for drivers.

“It looks like they’re taking their time. This was a project that needed to be done a long time ago,” Taylor says, “The roads are too narrow, they’ve got a lot of potholes and heavy traffic.”

Taylor says he’d like Cainhoy Road to resemble the work being done on Clements Ferry Road in terms of the road widening and the center median. Half the road is currently repaved, but Taylor says they still have about six miles left.

“I just feel they need to finish the job,” Taylor says. “Take care of the people in this community because we also live here, we pay gas taxes, property taxes just like everybody else so we need to get our share, in a timely manner.”

Officials from the South Carolina Department of Transportation gave a statement saying,

“The four miles of Cainhoy Road beginning at the intersection of SC 51and heading south will undergo a full depth patching, shoulder widening and resurfacing. The full-depth patching has already begun. The widening and resurfacing are still in the scheduling phase. The next four miles of Cainhoy, headed south toward Nucor, are in the scheduling phase to be paved. The estimated completion for this project is Winter of 2024.”

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