Ditch Maintenance

Thank you!

Thanks to all of those citizens of James Island who keep the drainage ditches on their property cleaned out.  Cutting the brush and mowing the grass is a big help.    Pulling out branches and other debris is a service to your community.

As we all know, some people have gentle swails in front of their house.    Maintaining it is no different from the rest of your yard.   For others, the ditch gets bigger, and in a few places on the Island, it begins to look a bit like the Grand Canyon.   Still, some maintain even these ditches.   Thanks!

But for some of our frail or elderly residents, maintaining the deeper ditches is impractical.   Contact Town Hall at 762-7744 or email publicworks@jamesislandsc.org.    It may take some time, but we will take care of it.

Please, never dump leaves, grass clippings, or any other debris in the ditches.   It is wrong.   It blocks up the ditches and can cause flooding upstream.    To the degree your debris moves downstream, they may stop and the flooding may come to your yard!     Do you expect your downstream neighbors to clean it up?   Or do you want to put an additional burden on the Town's limited budget.

So, thanks again to all of those citizens to can and do make the extra effort to keep the ditches clear.   And, one more time.   Those of you dumping yard debris into the ditches.  Stop!