West AshleyFriday, November 6
The West Ashley Greenway is expected to reopen today after a second sewer break in weeks
The 5AM North Charleston team
If you run, walk or bike the West Ashley Greenway, the stretch between Coburg Road and Farmfield Avenue is expected to reopen by this afternoon. The sewer main break on Tuesday, Nov. 3 closed that stretch and sent sewage toward the nearby marsh.
The Greenway has closed twice in about two weeks
- Oct. 20A sewer main break closes the same Greenway stretch.
- Nov. 3A second break happens just outside the earlier clamp.
- Nov. 4The Greenway closes between Coburg Road and Farmfield Avenue.
- Nov. 6The Greenway is expected to reopen by afternoon.
- Late 2027The new concrete-enclosed sewer tunnel extension is expected to open.
Sources: WCIV, Post and Courier
Crews replaced a 10-foot segment of pipe. Charleston Water System's Sarah Moody said the old pipe was ductile iron, which "doesn't really work well in marsh conditions." Spokesperson Mike Saia said four main breaks have hit this area in the last two years.
- Replaced pipe: 10 feet, first installed in the 1980s
- Main breaks here: four in the last two years
- New tunnel: enclosed in concrete, expected late next year
The Greenway sewer fix by the numbers
- 10 feet
- of sewer pipe replaced
- 4
- main breaks in this area in two years
- 6 feet
- about how far below the surface the pipe sits
- 9 miles
- roughly how far the Greenway stretches
Sources: WCIV, WCBD News 2
Charleston Water System asks everyone to stay out of nearby marsh and waterways until testing confirms bacteria levels are safe.
Sources: WCIV, WCBD News 2, Live 5 News, Post and Courier