Downtown Hartsville drainage project underway

Merchants in downtown Hartsville will hopefully no longer have to worry about drainage issues thanks to a new project being conducted on Carolina and East College Avenues. 
Officials say for years, anytime there was a significant amount of rain, water would back up into some downtown storefronts.
“It was a really serious issue.  It was damaging cars, it was damaging some of the stores, so it’s something that was a long time coming,” said Mayor Michael Holt.
The first phase of the drainage project, which was to install more drop inlets on Carolina Avenue, has already been completed.  Now, work on the second phase, which in