City Manager releases Infrastructure Spending Report
Darlington City Manager John Payne. PHOTO BY STEPHAN DREW
By Stephan Drew, Editor
At the Darlington City Council meeting on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, City Manager John Payne released the Infrastructure Spending Report, detailing grants and expenditures allotted to all city wards over the past 13 years. These include Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), S.C. Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) grants, S.C. Economic Development Administration (EDA) grants, and S.C. Infrastructure Investment Program (SCIIP) grants. The amounts are broken down by ward and city representative:
WARD 1, represented by Councilwoman Sheila Baccus:
CDBG Renaissance Phase 1 $25,000
CDBG Renaissance Phase 2 $500,000
CDBG Renaissance Phase 3 $500,000
EDA Industrial Sewer Grant $2,000,000
3rd Street Sewer Repair $80,000
Wal-Mart Water Line/Patience Street $160,000
EDA, RIA and State Appropriation: Pump Station Renovations Joe Louis, etc. $1,800,000
Pine and S. Main Streets Elevated Tanks Painting $367,000
E. Broad Street Sewer Line Replacement $606,000
Veteran’s Memorial $150,000
CDBG Streetscape $825,000
Carnegie Library $317,000
Allen Street Force Main and Old Florence Road Gravity Sewer $700,000
Georgia Pacific Sewer $1,678,300
North Main Street Water Line $226,500
Highway 52 Bypass Sewer Project $807,000
South Main Sewer $568,000
South Main Sidewalk $385,600
Grove Hill Pump Repair $5,000
East Broad/South Main Street Pipe Burst $1,250,000
D Avenue 8” Sewer Line $60,000
Wastewater Treatment Plant Basin Rehabilitation SCIIP $233,155
South Main and Lee Streets Sewer Repair $210,000
TOTAL FOR WARD 1 $13,453,555 (55%)
WARD 2, represented by Councilwoman Elaine Reed:
CDBG West Darlington Water/Sewer $1,000,000
CDBG SW Darlington Sewer $500,000
Virgil Wells Stadium $150,000
Gandy Swimming Pool $20,000
AW Stanley Gym $150,000
Pearl Street Sewer Line Repair $60,000
City of Darlington Public Works Building $100,000
EDA By-Pass Sewer Grant $825,000
SW Darlington/Chalmers Street Stormwater Project $2,700,000
N. Twitty Sewer $49,000
W. Broad Street/Tallulah Street Sewer $40,955
West Darlington Gravity Sewer CDBG $431,900
Syracuse Street Water Main $48,000
Wastewater Treatment Plant Basin Rehabilitation SCIIP $233,155
SCIIP Pump Stations (2 units) $470,632
Tallulah Street Force Main $17,400
TOTAL FOR WARD 2 $6,796,042 (28%)
WARDS 1 and 2 (Joint Projects — Baccus and Reed):
CDBG Allen, Farm and S. Main Streets Sewer/PS $1,600,000
Pump Station (Limit Street) SCIIP $235,316
W. Broad/Edwards SW Debris $10,000
TOTAL FOR JOINTS WARD 1 & 2 $1,845,316 (9%)
WARD 3 represented by Councilman John Segars:
N. Main Street Waterline RIA $250,000
Williamson Park Boardwalks $266,820
Stormline Cleanout Cashua/Spring Streets $40,000
Highway 34 Sewer Pump Station SCIIP $564,400
Eastburn Court Waterline $35,000
Wastewater Treatment Plant Basin Rehabilitation SCIIP $233,155
SCIIP Pump Stations (3 Units) 705,948 Gann Drive Sewer Line $90,000
TOTAL FOR WARD 3. $2,185,323 (8%)
GRAND TOTAL FOR ALL 3 WARDS: $24,280,236 (100%)