Lower West SC News

Bamberg School District One issued the following announcement on August 30.

Bamberg School District Two is soliciting bids for a Bus Parking lot. See requirements below:

Design of a Parking Facility

• Private vehicles, other district support vehicles, and vehicles owned by the bus drivers must be parked separately from the area used to service the SDE school buses.  Some form or barrier must be used to divide these traffic movements.
• District-owned vehicles must not be parked commingled with the state-owned school buses, unless these buses are under service contract with the SDE.
• The driveways/travelways in a bus parking area may only be used by official school transportation vehicles (buses and bus service equipment). Vehicles not associated with the student transportation program must be excluded from these driveways (fire safety).
• The design of the parking area must allow for parking buses side-by-side; end-to-end parking is not allowed.
• The hard surface area required per parked bus must equal a minimum area of approximately 12 X 40 feet.
•  Travelways must be durable and generally smooth but does not have to be hard surface, except when the parking area is leased from the SDE, then the access roadway from parking area to the road access must be hard surface.
• A school bus parked for fueling cannot be located with 50 feet of an occupied building or within 10 feet of a property line.
• Motor vehicle traffic patterns in areas of fuel dispensing shall be designed to inhibit movement of vehicles that are not being fueled from passing through the dispensing area.
• When a secure area is not provided, barriers shall be provided to prevent vehicular or pedestrian movement within 10 feet of the fueling area. The barrier shall state that fueling is taking place. The barrier may be a portable cone.
• Transition plans can be arranged with districts, but in every case buses must be parked on a hard surface when being serviced; the SDE is not responsible for moving buses to a hard surface location.
• It is recommended for pedestrian safety that some form of fencing be installed separating the vehicle and bus parking area from students, teachers, and campus visitors. 

All Bids are due no later than 12:00 pm, Friday, September 10, 2021.

If you have any questions, please call Ms. Dottie Brown (803-245-3049) or Devon B. Furr (803-682-1650).

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