The
Diamond Building, Davis Square Building and Parking Garage will be open on
Monday.
The
snowfall has obviously had a major impact on downtown Charleston. DHHR
Maintenance crews have been working to make the best of the situation but there
is only so much that can be done with limited resources and this significant of
an event.
Most roadways in downtown Charleston are passible, most sidewalks are not.
There does not appear to be anything that would prohibit vehicular
traffic in downtown Charleston from reaching the Diamond Capitol Street
Entrance, the Davis Square Washington Street Entrance and the DHHR Parking
Garage on Capitol Street.
Here is a summary of the anticipated situation for Monday:
Areas that are clear of snow
Capitol Street Side Diamond Building from Washington Street to Main Entrance
Washington Street side of Diamond Building from Capitol Street to Firestone
Washington Street Side of Davis Square Building from Capitol Street to Main
Entrance
Emergency Exits for both Diamond and Davis Square
Vehicle Entrances and Exits for Parking Garage
Areas that are NOT CLEAR of snow
Any alleys behind Diamond Building
Any sidewalks not listed as cleared
Davis Park and all of Summer Street sidewalks
SIDEWALKS ON CAPITOL STREET BETEEEN PARKING GARAGE AND THE DIAMOND BUILDING
Due to snow piling on the sidewalks and a water line break on Capitol Street
near Kinkos, pedestrian traffic between the DHHR Parking Garage and the
Diamond/Davis Square Buildings is unsafe. DHHR will be running shuttles
between the Parking Garage and the Diamond Building tomorrow and continuing
until it is safe for employees to walk on the sidewalks back and forth from the
Parking Garage.
Anyone planning on parking in the Parking Garage, please note the following:
· Shuttles will run beginning
Monday at 7AM and continue until 5:30PM.
· Shuttle Pick-Up and Drop-Off
locations will be in the 1) DHHR Parking Garage and the 2) Main Entrance of the
Diamond Building on Capitol Street. These will be the only Pick-up and
Drop-off location. The sidewalks have been cleared to allow safe
pedestrian traffic between and Diamond Building and the Washington Street
Entrance of the Davis Square Building.
· Shuttle Service will not be
available outside of these hours and any employees needing to travel to/from
the Parking Garage outside of these hours will be on their own.
· We will evaluate the need to
provide shuttle service daily for the remainder of the week.
Employees should of course always use their best judgement relating to safety
of travel.