What Amy Is Working On

01 Roads & traffic

Finish the Nexton Parkway widening

If you live in District 5, you already know the problem. Cane Bay, Nexton, and Carnes Crossroads went up faster than the road network under them. The Nexton Parkway widening is the single biggest fix available, and Amy’s job is to make sure it stays on the books and gets built.

That work is already moving. Amy, along with her colleagues on Council, has fully funded the design and engineering of the Nexton Parkway expansion two years earlier than anticipated — which pulls the whole project forward by roughly two to three years.

From here it means keeping the funding in place through every budget cycle, keeping the schedule honest, and holding the county and its partners to the dates they publish — not the dates they hope for.

• Fully funded the design and engineering — two years ahead of schedule
• Keep the widening funded and on schedule through every budget cycle
• Push road capacity to be built alongside development, not years after
• Give residents a straight answer on timelines instead of a shrug
• Coordinate with SCDOT and the BCD Council of Governments so county projects are not orphaned

02 Responsible growth

Growth that is a net benefit to the community

Berkeley County is going to keep growing. Pretending otherwise is not a plan. The real question is whether each new development leaves this community better off than it found it — or just adds cars to a road that is already full and students to a school that is already over capacity.

Amy’s standard is simple: growth should carry its own weight, and it should not come at the expense of property rights. The infrastructure to support new rooftops ought to show up with the rooftops — and the people already living here should not be the ones paying for somebody else’s profit margin.

• Judge new development on whether it is a net benefit — roads, schools, services and all
• Make sure infrastructure arrives with growth, not a decade behind it
• Protect property rights and the character of established neighborhoods
• Keep the process open, so residents hear about a project before the vote, not after

03 Animal welfare

An animal shelter we can be proud of

Amy started her career as an animal cruelty investigator with the John Ancrum SPCA. She has seen what a well-run shelter looks like and what a struggling one costs — in animals, in staff burnout, and in public trust.

On animal welfare Amy has a record of protection, not just a wish list of ideas. She led the way to Berkeley County’s partnership with the Charleston Animal Society to take over management of the shelter, on a simple principle: let the professionals do what they do best. She led the fight for a new adoption center for the animals. And she is now leading the way to an updated animal ordinance.

• Led the partnership bringing the Charleston Animal Society in to manage the county shelter
• Led the fight for a new adoption center for the animals
• Now leading the way to an updated county animal ordinance