Traffic cleared after congestion near central avenue, Summerville SC
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, traffic at several intersections around Central Avenue and South Laurel Street in Summerville was congested. Personnel manually directed traffic to clear the backups. As the flow improved, intersections were returned to normal signal operation and the roads reopened.
Audio|Heard on: Dorchester County Fire and EMS
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07:18
Transcript:
00:00
It looks like the light at Cedar and Laurel is what's holding Cedar up the most.
00:05
I don't know if anybody's down there that can run that intersection or not, but it may flush itself.
00:10
Where's that, South Laurel?
00:13
Hey from.
00:15
What?
00:18
Sir, is nobody really sitting at South Laurel and, are you saying Central?
00:23
Yeah, Cedar turns into Central, so at Central and South Laurel, in my mistake.
00:28
Yeah,
00:29
I'm looking at the intersection.
00:31
I don't really see anything held up there.
00:35
Copy.
00:40
Someone go down Central and see what looks like around the corner is backed up at that light.
00:48
Hey,
00:51
I'm crossing the tracks on Main.
00:53
I'll start in that way.
00:54
Just let me know if I'm going to go somewhere in particular.
00:58
Can you let his west go?
01:04
Can you let West go at Maine, we're locked up down here at Cedar and 78?
01:12
Yeah, we get back over there.
01:21
I'm on a flush cell for him.
01:24
Got me.
01:28
I got me and 78 and one east slash now.
01:33
Tommy.
01:34
Comment seven.
01:36
Magic seven.
01:41
15 point. 15 points.
01:48
All you said.
01:54
Hey, I'm off to 6 South and start from that direction.
02:00
Copy, we'll take you there.
02:06
Thompson and Waiter at 6th South.
02:12
Where are you at 4th? Where are you at?
02:21
It's been flushed.
02:22
It's going to be good enough to run off the leg now.
02:24
I'm clear enough.
02:28
It's backed up pretty far into town.
02:31
Is there any way you can run a flush of central outbound?
02:36
I had to stop.
02:37
It will clear itself.
02:40
Copy.
02:42
I'm going to try to do that as well.
02:46
Copy.
02:49
Lodge, you still see, Peter?
02:52
Yeah.
02:58
I can get back down there and do it with Lash.
03:00
I want to need somebody in Carolina though.
03:01
Otherwise, I was just going to top up.
03:05
I think captain is rolling down to you.
03:08
All right, I'm heading that way.
03:10
Lodge, you able to see westbound?
03:13
Yeah,
03:15
just trying to get the thing to the wheeler out of here.
03:17
Okay.
03:18
See ya now.
03:27
How close are we to open it up, North Cedar?
03:35
It's starting to flow, but people letting cars out of pine and it's still not flowing as fast as I want to.
03:41
We're looking at to get it flowing southbound off of 78.
03:46
It should be good to flow off of 78.
03:54
Intersection is still block south of our location, so our appearance when we're opening.
04:00
Yeah, go ahead and open it.
04:01
It's for flowing out that way and should help down 78 to Brian.
04:09
The problem is 78 and Brian now is eastbound,
04:13
not Westbound.
04:14
Westbound is flowing fine.
04:16
Copy.
04:18
I'm opening up Westbound again.
04:20
Sorry, Eastbound.
04:26
You got them flowing?
04:29
I'm about to let the light take over for this one.
04:36
I honestly haven't stepped out.
04:39
It's set out to be spaced out down here.
04:42
Light handling it, fine.
04:44
All right.
04:47
I'm leaving Laurel then.
04:50
Covered up.
04:54
Everything looks slow, but it's moving, so we're moving in the right direction.
05:03
I'm going to drop.
05:09
Better jays at Laurel on time.
05:12
S.O.E.
05:17
10.3.
05:22
Other than what intersections, can we go ahead and clear everybody else if they haven't been cleared?
05:28
Just list out the intersection you still need people at.
05:32
I'll go and check the barricades at Laurel and West Fifth.
05:36
I think they've cleared that street now.
05:39
It's all flow now.
05:41
The lights are regulating.
05:42
I think you can start freeing up most everybody.
05:44
I don't see a particular choke point right now.
05:47
Okay.
05:48
Everybody go ahead and clear your locations.
05:50
Thank you. See you.
05:53
Great work everybody.
05:54
Thank you.
05:56
Sorry. Antoine.
05:59
You want to meet the annex before we head on?
06:05
Yes.
06:07
Any of the units go into the next event? Just meet at the NX.
06:13
Yeah, we're grabbing more cones.
06:15
We'll be there in a bit.
06:17
Meet A.U. Where are you?
06:21
He's got one six out.
06:22
Then we got one more collection.
06:24
One, Richardson.
06:26
All right, I'll wait for you at Richmond.
06:28
Then.
06:34
We don't need to get the signboard or if I could just get the keys off.
06:37
We just drop it, turn it off.
06:39
I mean,
06:44
it's 78 by an auto.
06:51
Copy. I was going to say I wrote down a ProNG and 78.
06:55
It just needs to be on, everything needs to be on auto right now and it'll filter itself.
06:59
There's nothing backlogged.
07:02
Excellent.
07:05
8893, 20 for 25.
07:08
I'm still here at Cedar and 78.
07:12
Copy, I'm not able to make it down to you.
07:16
I'll come here.
07:18
Copy. Copy.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Central Ave & S Laurel St, Summerville, SC 29483
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