Mount Pleasant Magazine Jan/Feb 2020

185 www.MountPleasantHomes.com | www.MountPleasantAgents.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com lowcountry cuisine R esidents and businesses in the heart of the Old Village are getting ready to endure an estimated 13 months of street closings, reduced parking and general inconvenience. However, after the project — which will combine the efforts of the town, Mount Pleasant Waterworks (MPW) and Dominion Energy — is completed sometime before spring 2021, the Pitt Street corridor will have dependable water and wastewater lines, sidewalks compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act, a freshly-paved road surface and underground connections from overhead power lines. Work is scheduled to get underway in January 2020 in a T-shaped area that encompasses Pitt Street from Morrison Street to Venning Street and Venning Street between Royall Avenue and Bennett Street. The current clay wastewater lines, which are more than a half-century old, are expensive to maintain and on the verge of collapse. According to MPW Capital Program Department Head Bryan Brooks, they will be replaced, as will the 6-inch cast iron water lines. With those necessary improvements already planned, the town of Mount Pleasant decided to replace its BY BRIAN SHERMAN Improvements Planned on Pitt Street Work on a project that will combine the efforts of the town of Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant Waterworks and Dominion Energy will begin in the Old Village in January.