The Charleston Post and Courier reports the city’s Burke High School’s Stoney Field, built on a landfill in a former marsh, is sinking into the Ashley River. The earth gives way beneath the foundations of its concrete bleachers. The football field is a sopping mess every time it rains at high tide.
Almost 3 years after the downtown school’s athletic teams had to abandon their historic home, the Charleston County School District is prepared to invest $1 million for an upgrade, including fill dirt and a new artificial turf surface.
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