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ARPA Stormwater Infrastructure Project Award Announcement

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Tue, 03/07/2023

SC Office of Resilience announces ARPA Stormwater Infrastructure Project Awards

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The SC Office of Resilience (SCOR) has selected projects for funding as part of its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Stormwater Infrastructure program. SCOR received 76 applications for stormwater infrastructure projects from across the state.

SCOR has selected 17 projects across 12 counties for funding:

Applicant County Project Name Award Amount
City of Beaufort Beaufort Charles/Craven St and Port Republic/Carteret St Drainage Improvement Projects  $5,650,000.00
City of Hanahan Berkeley Downtown Stormwater Improvement Project  $1,163,208.00
City of Charleston Charleston Barberry Woods Restoration Project  $4,600,000.00
Town of Winnsboro Fairfield Fortune Springs Park Stormwater Project  $440,825.00
City of Florence Florence Pennsylvania Street Stormwater Mitigation Project  $2,616,800.00
City of Mauldin Greenville Oak Park Drive  $1,166,153.50
Greenville County Greenville North Chastain Stream Restoration & Reclamation  $591,498.69
Greenville County Greenville Little Creek Stream Improvement & Reclamation  $919,128.91
City of Conway Horry McKeithan Watershed Stormwater Improvements  $1,808,800.00
Town of Surfside Beach Horry Upper Myrtle and Magnolia Basin Drainage Project Phase 2  $750,000.00
City of North Myrtle Beach Horry 18th Avenue North Outfall Landward Drainage  $5,575,875.00
Laurens County Laurens Wattsville Community Stormwater Improvements  $3,753,630.00
Laurens County Laurens N. Laurens County Culverts  $1,419,540.00
City of West Columbia Lexington Mill Village Storm Water Project  $2,180,435.88
Town of Nichols Marion Town of Nichols - Nature-based Stormwater Park  $2,500,000.00
City of Columbia Richland Marion Street Bioretention  $1,280,619.00
City of Rock Hill York Lige Green Street Flooding, Phase 1 and Phase 2  $9,450,000.00


SCOR accepted applications in Fall 2022. Eligible project types include traditional “grey” infrastructure such as storm sewer pipes, culverts, and catch basins, and nature-based or “green” infrastructure such as bioswales, stormwater wetlands, stream restoration, and others. All ARPA funds must be allocated by the end of 2024 and must be expended completely by the end of 2026.

In addition to the ARPA Stormwater Infrastructure Program, SCOR has 58 current mitigation projects across 17 counties as part of its Mitigation Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-MIT) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). SCOR will accept applications for CDBG-MIT Infrastructure funding throughout April and May of this year.

For more information on SCOR’s ARPA Stormwater Infrastructure Program or CDBG-MIT program, visit scor.sc.gov/mitigation.

A map showing selected ARPA Stormwater Infrastructure Projects and CDBG-MIT projects can be found below.

Map of ARPA projects