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Beaufort moves forward on 2 projects at downtown Waterfront Park 16%
By Mindy Lucas41%
7/22/2026, 9:00:00 AM
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BEAUFORT — The city has moved forward with two projects related to the promenade at the Henry C.
Chambers Waterfront Park — including a search for a firm to help fix the failing riverside promenade now that the day dock has reopened.
The request for qualifications for design services represents a “meaningful step” toward restoring the promenade, City Manager Scott Marshall said in his July 20 newsletter.
The 1,200-foot-long riverside feature has been closed for more than a year.
It sits atop a structure called a relieving platform, which was determined to be failing along with its support pilings due to erosion.
The city is seeking a “qualified multidisciplinary consultant team to provide marine, coastal, geotechnical and structural engineering services” among other services for the massive construction project expected to take place in the next few years, said Assistant City Manager Eric Claussen.
The RFQ was posted July 10.
Responses are due by Aug.13.
Claussen said the city has made some intermediate improvements with installing a decorative fence at the park in April after downtown businesses and residents complained that the chain link fence cordoning off the area was unsightly.
“But the process is moving forward and work is currently under advertising,” Claussen said.
The day dock along the promenade that also had been closed since last summer re-opened on July 15 in time for the city’s annual Water Festival — a promise the city was working to meet, Marshall noted.
The festival kicked off July 17 and will conclude July 26, when a boat parade and Blessing of the Fleet are scheduled.
The dock allows boaters to tie up for free as they shop or dine at downtown businesses.
Its closure caught officials with the S.C.
Department of Natural Resources off guard at the time.
The dock was funded and is supported through grants from the state agency.
The city paid O’Quinn Marine $306,775 for work including the installation of two aluminum gangways, new pilings and a new aluminum platform.
The structure allows the gangways to be supported independently without resting on the deteriorating platform, Claussen said.
In May, the city’s Waterfront Advisory Committee voted to select an option that would essentially repair and rebuild the park’s relieving platform and also raise the structure by about eight feet.
That decision followed a public meeting which outlined four design concepts ranging from a “Band-Aid fix” to others that involved repairing the structure and adding other amenities to the park.
The public, which also had a chance to weigh in through an online survey, has overwhelmingly said they want what was once there, but many have also voiced concerns about flooding and making sure repair work and improvements last for generations to come.
“Beaufortonians want back what they had,” said the city’s engineering consultant, Bill Barna with McSweeney Engineering, at the May 4 meeting.
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