Flood-mitigation work reopens Hemingway Chapel Road after grant-funded upgrades

Horry County completed flood-mitigation work on Hemingway Chapel Road and reopened the road to traffic in February, restoring a route used by residents, farmers and local traffic in the Hemingway area.

The project installed four new pipes beneath Hemingway Chapel Road to address recurring drainage and access problems. The county described the work as a stormwater and flood-mitigation project, not a routine resurfacing effort.

Road scheduled to reopen Feb. 13

In a Feb. 13 notice, Horry County said the road was scheduled to reopen that Friday after the stormwater work. The notice identified the four pipes installed beneath the road and placed the project among several county drainage improvements supported by a South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority grant.

On Feb. 18, the county issued a second notice reporting that the flood-mitigation upgrades on Hemingway Chapel Road were complete. Together, the notices document the transition from a scheduled reopening to a reported completion of the project.

The upgrades are intended to improve drainage, strengthen the road’s resilience during flooding and restore access along the Hemingway Chapel Road route. The county’s description connects the work to the practical problems faced by people traveling through the Hemingway area, including residents, farmers and other local traffic.

County notices cite different grant figures

The two county notices do not use the same grant total or project count. The Feb. 13 notice described the Hemingway Chapel Road work as one of five Horry County drainage projects funded by a grant of nearly $5.5 million.

The Feb. 18 completion notice instead referred to a $4.9 million grant awarded to Horry County for six projects. The available notices do not explain the difference, so the figures should not be treated as interchangeable or reconciled without the underlying grant award.

The South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority describes its grant program as supporting reliable infrastructure and economic capacity statewide. Its grants page provides the state agency’s official pathway for checking the award details.

Location and next steps

The official notices name Hemingway Chapel Road and identify the work as part of an infrastructure package affecting the Hemingway community. The available sources do not establish whether the specific road segment is inside the municipal limits of Hemingway or in the broader Hemingway area.

The county’s Feb. 18 notice is the latest known project update in the approved records. Those records do not identify another construction deadline or a scheduled follow-up date. They also do not claim that the work will eliminate all future flooding.