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Charleston County announces evacuation pick-up points
By Dan McCue
Staff Writer
Hoping to avoid a Lowcountry replay of the scores of stranded citizens seen in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Charleston County and municipal officials this morning announced the designation of 75 evacuation pick-up points for residents who don’t have transportation in the event of a mandatory evacuation.
New blue signs that state “Hurricane Evacuation Bus Stop” will be posted throughout the county beginning this week, at all 75 pick-up point locations.
The move by Charleston County’s Emergency Preparedness Division represents an enhancement of its longstanding policy to provide emergency transportation from designated pick-up points, and is an acknowledgement of the region’s rapid growth in recent years.
As a result of the patterns of that growth, some previous pick-up locations have been changed.
“The goal is for residents who don’t have transportation to identify these pick-up points prior to an emergency and to know where they should go if they need a ride to a shelter,” said Cathy Haynes, Charleston County's Emergency Preparedness Division director.
The evacuation pick-up points are in locations that are well-known to citizens who live near them. They are located at churches, grocery stores and schools, and many of them are co-located with CARTA bus stop locations.
The pick-up points were chosen for their ability to provide a safe location for people to congregate away from traffic and for having a parking lot or area for buses to pull off the road and safely load passengers without blocking evacuation traffic routes.
A new pick-up point list has been sent to more than 1,000 Charleston County nonprofit organizations, government agencies, places of worship and neighborhood associations.
The evacuation pick-up point signs are being posted in a coordinated effort between Charleston County and the city of Charleston.
The pick-up points are as follows, and are listed by area within Charleston County:
North Charleston #1 (Lower North Charleston)
Charlestown Academy - 5841 Rivers Ave.
Chelsey Point Center (Ship Watch) - 3655 Rivers Ave.
Military Magnet Academy - 2950 Carner Ave.
School of the Arts - 1600 Saranac St.
Horizon House - 5055 Lackawanna Blvd.
Chicora Elementary School - 1912 Success St.
Mt. Olive Baptist Church - 2416 Meeting St. (Union Heights)
North Charleston #2 (Upper North Charleston)
Ladson Elementary School - 3321 Ladson Road (Ladson)
Charleston Korean United Methodist Church - 2745 Shadow Drive (Deer Park)
Kmart Super Center - 8571 Rivers Ave. (Otranto)
Wal-Mart - 7400 Rivers Ave. Unit A
Aviation Square Shopping Center (formerly Sam's Wholesale) - 6185 Rivers Ave.
North Charleston #3 (Dorchester Road Corridor)
Goodwin Elementary School - 5501 Dorchester Road
Lambs Elementary School - 6800 Dorchester Road
Food Lion - 7550 Dorchester Road
Mount Pleasant #1 (Arthur Ravenel Bridge to the Isle of Palms Connector)
Sweet Grass Shopping Center - 1909 Highway 17 North
Bi-Lo - 1440 Ben Sawyer Blvd.
Public Library - 1133 Mathis Ferry Road
Moultrie Middle School (rear side) - 645 Coleman Blvd.
Town Center (Belk) - 1600 Palmetto Grande Drive
Mount Pleasant #2 (North of the Isle of Palms Connector)
Guy C. Lee - 2985 Highway 17 North
Laing Middle School - 2213 Highway 17 North
Jennie Moore Elementary School - 1256 Hamlin Road
Belle Hall Elementary School - 385 Egypt Road
Old Wando High School - 1560 Mathis Ferry Road
Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island
Isle of Palms Recreation Center - 24 28th Ave. (Isle of Palms)
Isle of Palms City Hall - 1207 Palm Blvd. (Isle of Palms)
Sullivan's Island Elementary School - 2015 I'On St. (Sullivan's Island)
Awendaw and McClellanville
South Santee Community Center - 710 S. Santee Road off Rutledge Road (South Santee)
McClellanville Middle School - 711 Pinckney St. (McClellanville)
St. James-Santee Elementary School - 8900 Highway 17 North (McClellanville)
Manigault's Store - 7395 Highway 17 North (Awendaw)
Awendaw Grocery - 6435 Highway 17 North at Doar Road (Awendaw)
Seewee Outpost - 4853 Highway 17 North (Awendaw)
Berkeley Co-op - 3745 Highway 17 North and Lieben Road - (Awendaw)
Downtown Charleston
Charleston Progressive School - 382 Meeting St.
Sanders-Clyde Elementary School - 220 Nassau St.
Burke High School - 244 President St.
Joseph Floyd Manor - 2106 Mt. Pleasant St.
Gaillard Municipal Auditorium - 77 Calhoun St.
West Ashley
Bi-Lo - 2863 Bees Ferry Road
West Ashley Middle School (Old Middleton High School) - 1776 Kennerty Drive
Springfield Elementary School - 2741 Clover Street
St. Andrews Middle School (Old St. Andrews High School) - 721 Wappoo Road
Kmart - 1535 Savannah Highway (Highway 17)
Citadel Mall - 2070 Sam Rittenberg Boulevard
Publix Grocery Store - 1401 Sam Rittenberg Boulevard, Charleston
First Assembly of God - 2957 Savannah Highway (Highway 17)
James Island
Earth Fare - 74 Folly Road (South Windermere Shopping Center)
Fast Point Food Store - 1029 Harbor View Road (Harbor View Road at Quail Drive)
Camp Center - 1238 Camp Road (Dills Bluff Road at Camp Road)
Folly Beach Shopping Center - 1301 Folly Road (Camp Road and Folly Road)
Folly Beach
Marsh Winds Condominiums - 2393 Folly Road
Johns Island
Charleston Executive Airport - 2700 Fort Trenholm Road (off River Road)
Mount Zion Elementary School - 3464 River Road
Charleston Collegiate (Sea Island Academy) - 2024 Academy Drive
Stono Market - 3690 Bohicket Road # 3A
Piggy Wiggly - 3575 Maybank Highway (Main Road and Maybank Highway)
St. John's High School - 1518 Main Road
Wadmalaw Island
Frierson Elementary School - 6133 Maybank Highway
New Jerusalem A.M.E. Church - 6179 Bears Bluff Road
Kiawah Island and Seabrook Island
Newton Farm - 149 Village Green Lane (Kiawah Island)
Adam's Run
Adam's Run Civic Center - 5166 Highway 174
LJ's Barber shop and Convenience Store (B&G Groceries) - 5213 Highway 174
Shilo Baptist Church - 5629 Parkers Ferry Road
Edisto Island
E-Z Stop - 2410 Highway 174
Jane Edwards Elementary School - 1960 Jane Edwards Road
True Value hardware store - 487 Highway 174
Hollywood, Ravenel and Yonges Island
Rantowles Baptist Church - 4590 Highway 162 (Hollywood)
Baptist Hill High School - 5117 Baptist Hill Road (Hollywood)
Allen AME Church (Meggett) - 6940 Ethel Post Office Road (Hollywood)
Minnie Hughes Elementary School - 8548 Willtown Road (Hollywood)
Mt. Horr A.M.E. Church - 4360 Highway 174 (Hollywood)
Ravenel Town Hall - 5962 Highway 165, Suite 100 (Ravenel)
CC Blaney Elementary School - 7184 Highway 162 (Yonges Island)
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