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<FIRST>John</FIRST>
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<LAST>Carrington</LAST>
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<ADDR1>PO Box 881</ADDR1>
<ADDR2>601 Burton Gunter Rd</ADDR2>
<CITY>Swansea</CITY>
<STATE>SC</STATE>
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<SUBJECT>DOT interview to WLTX on dams</SUBJECT>
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I watched the WLTX report on the remaining closed roads this morning. Frankly I don't understand the policy of waiting for private land owners to make a decision before public roads are rebuilt.
These roads will have to be able to handle the runoff from a 1000 year rain event or whatever criteria the government decides on no matter what the dam owners decide to do.
The only reason for delay is if the DOT is going to design these roads to handle another catastrophic dam failure. Does that make sense?
How is that going to be determined? Is the dam owner going to have to rebuild his dam to handle the possible catastrophic dam failure above him too?
I don't have a dam in the hunt but it seems all of this delay is just inconveniencing the people that need these roads reopened.
The fact is that these dams in most cases are not going to be able to be rebuilt by private funds to handle a worst case scenario. If DOT is going to wait for a dam owner's decision they are going to be waiting for years probably.
The road is going to have to be able to handle the runoff from a worst case scenario rain event dam or no dam. To be able to handle a catastrophic dam failure again is another thing all together.
Is DOT going to redesign and replace every existing road below the remaining dams based on the possibility of a catastrophic dam failure? They don't seem to be able to even maintain the roads we have now.
I know it is a tough situation but frankly we can't afford to wait for landowners' decisions to rebuild these roads. Developers have been allowed to pass poor roads on to taxpayers for years. These dams were barely adequate to begin with and now it is unfortunate but people that had lake front property might not be able to afford it any longer. 
Thank you for doing a great job for SC in a very tough situation.

John C Carrington





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