The Carnival Fantasy arrives for a turnaround call on Monday, September 6.  Passengers will debark in the morning beginning at 6 am and another group of visitors will arrive and sail later in the day.

From about 11 am until the embarkation process is completed, a small portion of Concord Street will be closed from north of Market Street to the intersection south of Hasell Street on Washington Street.  During the embarkation, for access to and from areas just north of Union Pier Terminal, drivers are encouraged to use Calhoun and Laurens streets.

The Fantasy returns for her next turnaround on Saturday, September 11.

The managers of the Courtenay Drive and Bee Street construction project wish to let drivers know about the following closures on Bee Street for August 28th and 29th:

• Bee Street will be closed between Wescott Court and Courtenay Drive for utility work on Courtenay Drive.
• Traffic heading west from President Street toward Courtenay Drive will be detoured to take a left onto Earhardt Drive, then right onto Doughty Street and back to Courtenay Drive.
• Traffic heading east from Courtenay Drive toward President Street will be detoured to take a right onto Courtenay Drive, then left onto Doughty Street, then left onto Earhardt Drive and back to Bee Street.
• Detour signs will be installed to direct motorists.

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has scheduled five public hearings concerning the recommended preferred alternative for the extension of the proposed I-526 (Mark Clark Expressway) from its current endpoint at Savannah Highway (US 17) to the existing James Island Connector interchange at Folly Road.  The remaining meetings are: