Special to the Chronicle

SCDOT has been approved for $8 million in Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) “Quick Release” Emergency Funds.

These funds would allow SCDOT to accelerate the start of repair work in the areas where highway infrastructure has been damaged.

“SCDOT will be able to put our contractors to work immediately with funds available to pay them as they complete the work.

This is a great step forward in getting our highway system back to where it was before the storm and the flooding struck our state. I’d like to thank Governor Mc-Master and our partners at FHWA for securing these funds for South Carolina,” said Secretary of Transportation Christy Hall.

SCDOT engineers and inspectors who are part of the agency’s damage assessment teams are already on the ground in the affected counties as the flood waters begin to recede.

To learn more about the FHWA Emergency Funds program, visit www.fhwa.dot.gov/programadmin/ere-lief.cfm