NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Demolition will soon start at the former WestRock paper mill site in North Charleston as the South Carolina Port Authority moves forward with plans to expand its capacity.
Port leaders said demolition is expected to begin by mid to late July.
“Most of the buildings are clean as far as hazardous materials in them, but there is a lot of asbestos and other materials out there that we have to remediate for so that will be the first step they’ll come in and they’ll do a lot of work behind the scenes,” Butch Weber, vice president of engineering and facilities for the South Carolina Port Authority, said…