Posted on Sat, Mar. 11, 2006


Daniel Island land to be discussed
Meeting will explore future of property that ports authority will sell


Available: 1,300 acres of island waterfront at the confluence of the Wando and Cooper rivers in Charleston Harbor.

Gov. Mark Sanford has invited Daniel Island residents to join him Monday for a meeting with State Ports Authority officials and other groups about the development of land currently owned by the authority.

Meeting participants will look at conceptual plans for Daniel Island, said Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer. There are no actual proposals for the land yet, he said.

The ports authority owns essentially the entire southern tip of the island. The authority acquired the property as part of efforts to develop new port facilities.

But the Global Gateway port expansion was thwarted by the Legislature under pressure from the Charleston community.

The Legislature then mandated that any future port development in Charleston Harbor be on the west bank of the Cooper River. The authority shifted its effort to a much smaller expansion at the former Charleston Navy base and as a result was left with Daniel Island property.

Ports Authority chairman Bill Stern said he intends to begin the process of selling the land this month.

“Daniel Island will be disposed of as the governor has asked us to do,” Stern said.





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