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347 Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island was recognized for their efforts in leading the way in the Department of the Navy on environmental sustainability during a visit by the Secretary of the Navy April 1, 2021.
During his first visit to the base, Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker presented the depot with the 2021 Secretary of the Navy Environmental Award, which recognized the depot for excellence in integrating environmental and operational sustainability efforts and mitigating impacts from storm surge and sea level rise through 2065.
In a memo announcing the depot as this year’s winner, Harker said the depot’s efforts “demonstrated that early and deliberate planning could yield a benefit cost ratio of 5.21, providing $675 million of net infrastructure, training and human health benefits, thus maximizing the operational budget and securing the depot’s mission.”
Philip Athey
September 25, 2020 Recent congressional mandates for gender-integration at Marine boot camp will put a strain on Marine recruit infrastructure as it is. The Corps currently does not have the facilities to integrate genders at the platoon level at both recruit depots, as the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act will require. “Nothing the way we’re organized right now lends itself to integrated recruit training,” Marine Commandant Gen. David Berger said at Defense One’s state of the Marine Corps event in September 2020. “We have to get to a place where on both coasts or at a third location, or whatever we end up with that every recruit male, female, there’s all there’s male and female around,” he added.
SCDOT will widen the roadway from two to four lanes and make other improvements to enhance safety
February 22, 2021 / 2 minute read
The South Carolina DOT (SCDOT) will begin construction this week to widen nearly 4.2 miles of U.S. 17 from the Georgia border to the intersection of SC 315 near Hardeeville, South Carolina in Jasper County.
SCDOT will widen the roadway from two to four lanes and make other improvements to enhance its safety and accommodate increasing traffic associated with residential and economic growth in the region.
The $41.9 million road widening project includes a divided grass median between the new four lanes, wider shoulders, and safety rumble strips. SCDOT will also install bike lanes and intersection improvements, including the installation of new traffic signaling at the SC 315 and U.S. 17 intersection. A second phase of the project is being designed by Georgia DOT to construct a second bridge over Back River near the Savannah River.
Fire station among improvements planned for Jasper County community
Jasper County Sun Times
Jasper County officials say a new fire station is among millions of dollars in improvements set for the Church Road/Stiney Road area outside Hardeeville.
After years of community forums and studies conducted by Lowcountry Council of Governments, the improvements are now underway.
A ribbon-cutting/fire hose uncoupling ceremony was held Dec. 8 for the new Stiney Road Fire Station. Other improvements planned for the area include new sidewalks and drainage systems, the installation of security cameras and the demolition of abandoned buildings.
The Stiney Road Fire Station is a 5,000-square foot, three-bay facility staffed 24 hours a day, according to Russell Wells, interim director of emergency services for Jasper County.