Beaufort's Waterfront Park - Is our park sinking?
By Chris & Maria Skrip, Beaufort, Bluffton, Hilton Head, Sun City SC
(RE/MAX 1st Advantage)
No (thank goodness!). There was a very interesting article in The Beaufort Gazette today about the sink holes appearing in Beaufort's Waterfront Park. The City of Beaufort hired a company based out of Charleston to conduct the investigation to determine what is happening to our park. WPC Engineering, Environmental & Constructioin Services ruled that separation of concrete panels as the likely source causing the sinkholes. The sinkholes have been temporarily repaired by placing soil in the sinkholes, but this will only last about 4 months. Once the soil was placed in the sinkholes, they replaced the walkway sections, but again this is only a temporary fix. The City is looking at conducting a grout project that should permanently correct the problem. Our Waterfront Park is the cente...
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