Summer 2024 Update

The Town of Pawleys Island is continuing to make progress on flood mitigation. In May of 2024, Town Council approved the selection of Seamon Whiteside, an engineering firm from Mount Pleasant, to prepare a comprehensive engineering study that will serve as a blueprint for mitigating our roadside flooding issue from tip to tip of the island. The study will be conducted throughout the summer and fall of 2024 with the final Master Drainage Improvement Plan presentation expected in early 2025. Information provided by property owners will, again, be a critical part of the data input. The Plan will result in flooding solution strategies, as well as recommendations to fund those strategies, as the Town then looks to proceed towards the implementation of recommended solutions. This is just another step forward in support of the strategic objective of mitigating King Tide flooding. Since 2019 we have taken several preliminary actions to begin moving the needle and we continue to make progress. The first critical step was the completion of the Town's Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan. That plan enabled us to secure the current grant of the ongoing Master Drainage Plan. Stay tuned to this page to monitor project progress and find out about engagement opportunities.