Good news for downtown! The final 11 sidewalk landscaping holes have officially been filled, meaning those hazardous holes are now a thing of the past. A big thank you to the City of Whiteville Public Works team for their work on this project and for helping keep our downtown safe, accessible, and looking its best!

City of Whiteville send our condolences to Columbus County Sheriff’s Office, the family of Officer Bost and all LEO family.

This is the storm water retention chamber being installed at the New Dollar General. Storm Water systems are addressed in the Whiteville Storm Water ordinance. A storm water retention chamber is an underground structure that captures excess rain runoff, allowing it to slowly seep into the ground. It prevents local flooding and filters pollutants by replacing traditional above-ground retention ponds with space-saving, buried networks. When it rains, surface runoff from parking lots, roofs, and streets flows through drains and pipes into the underground chamber network. The chambers themselves are typically arched structures without a solid bottom. As water flows into them, it fills the empty space within the dome and spreads out into the surrounding crushed stone bed. The water then seeps downward and outward into the surrounding soil. If the soil cannot absorb the water fast enough during heavy storms, the chambers hold the excess water temporarily. Most systems have an outlet pipe or control structure to safely discharge excess water downstream at a regulated rate, preventing overwhelmed local streams and property flooding.