By Mike McCombs
The Island News
Fripp Island voters overwhelmingly on Tuesday, Nov. 7, approved the Fripp Island Public Service District’s $5.25 million bond referendum.
The Fripp Island Public Service District requested the bond referendum, and the Beaufort County Council ordered it. It was broken into three separate questions on the ballot.
Question 1, otherwise known as the Fire Service Project, requested “$1,320,000 to defray the costs of acquiring, designing, constructing, renovating and equipping fire service facilities apparatus, equipment and vehicles, to include, without limitation, station improvements, beach rescue equipment, squad trucks, and aerial apparatus.”
Question 1 passed with 89% of the vote.
Question 2, known as the Revetment Project, requested “$870,000 to defray the costs of repairing, reconstructing, and mitigating certain District revetments and related infrastructure.”
It passed with 94.27% of the vote.
And Question 3, known as the Bridge Project, requested “$3,060,000 to defray the costs of repairing, reconstructing and improving the Fripp Inlet Bridge and related infrastructure, including without limitation, bent retrofits and abutment protection.”
Question 3 passed with 96.46% of the vote – just eight Fripp Island residents opposed its approval.
Mike McCombs is the Editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.
