SOUTH CAROLINA, USA — Over 2,000 workers from the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) are on South Carolina roads working through the day and night ahead of Hurricane Idalia.
“We’ve been ready for this,” says Sean Skillman, Media Relations manager for SCDOT.
He says preparations started across the state early last week.
“This right here is the flooding aspect of it, what our crew are doing up and down the state, is getting those areas that have more tendency to get flooded they've been pumping out the drainage system,” he adds.
Teams will remain in the Upstate but they will focus on the Midlands and Low Country.
“High winds is gonna come with any of these kinda storms, we’re going to get out there as quickly as we can and get up that debris and some of those tree limbs that are gonna be falling down,” Skillman adds.
Skillman says the biggest thing is for people to turn around if they see flooded roadways.
“Maybe it’s best just to stay off the roads for a little bit don’t go into those ponded areas, you want to stay away from some of these high-risk areas, you see it it might be one foot or it might be 6 feet deep,” he adds.
SCDOT anticipates seeing more drivers on Interstate 26 and 95 starting tonight and tomorrow.
They stress using the 511 app to give you up-to-date road news, traffic cams, and more.