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YORK COUNTY, S.C. — Everyone is advised to not swim in the cove on Lake Wylie after a damaged pipe spilled hundreds of gallons of sewage into the lake.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services issued the advisory after 300 to 400 gallons of sewage spilled from a private sanitary sewer lift station on Performance Road in Charlotte.

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Crews with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services will monitor water quality in the area until bacteria levels are determined to be suitable for human contact at which time the no swimming advisory will be lifted.

“Since this cove on Lake Wylie is used for recreation, it is important to inform residents of the discharge and advise against swimming in the impacted area due to the potential risk to human health,” Rusty Rozzelle, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services’ Water Quality Program Manager, said.

To receive notifications of No Swim Advisories in Mecklenburg County, text MECKNOSWIM to 888-777.

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LAKE WYLIE, S.C. — A no-swim advisory was issued for a cove on Lake Wylie near Rosapenny Road. Officials said the advisory is due to a failed sewer pipe.

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Crews with Charlotte Water responded to a wastewater overflow in the area on Friday, where an estimated 390 gallons had reached Lake Wylie.

“A majority of wastewater overflows can be prevented with your help,” Cam Coley, Charlotte Water spokesperson, said. “Anything put in plumbing or a manhole can cause wastewater overflows, spilling raw sewage into your street, your creek or even inside your own home. Even products labeled as ‘flushable’ do not breakdown in the sewer system and can contribute to clogging.”

Anyone who suspects a sewage spill is encouraged to call 311 or 704-336-7600 any time of day.

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Sure, there’s bustling excitement with the opening of a brand new park. But as that activity settles, Allison Creek Park offers a clearer glimpse of the many ways people can enjoy it.

York County Parks celebrated its grand opening last week of Allison Creek Park at 2499 Viesta Road in Lake Wylie.

County and park officials lauded an area six times larger than its popular Ebenezer Park in Rock Hill. Long-time Ebenezer park superintendent Pat Morrison said at the Allison Creek grand opening that plans for the park go back to discussions two decades ago, then were revived in 2012.

“It was a blast to be a part of this project from start to finish,” Morrison said.

Now beyond that finish line, guests can take in the the view.

Big Allison Creek stretches wide across the northern shores of the park. Beyond it, from a fishing pier or trail line, Catawba Nuclear Station makes clouds from the Concord Road peninsula. Elevation changes vary the scenery even within a short walk.

There’s a soundtrack to the new park too. Gravel paths crunch beneath tennis shoes and hiking boots. Squirrels and does rustle fallen leaves as they scatter toward the creek bed, away from park guests. Trucks trailer bass boats down an access ramp. A young child laughs and sways on a playground swing.

“It’s just a nice environment for everybody,” said Marge Van Remmen.

Marge and Rich Van Remmen live near enough to bring their springerdoodle Riley Jean for regular walks. The Van Remmens didn’t mind the cool weather on a recent trip.

“This is the perfect weather to walk the trails,” Rich Van Remmen said.

He wears a Duke Energy ball cap because of his son’s job with that company, but also recognizes the company’s role in the 160-acre park.

Duke Energy committed to a vast list of recreation improvements — restrooms at Buster Boyd Access Area, a new river park in Rock Hill, restoration of Great Falls — throughout the region as part of its federal license update approved in 2015. Expansion of the boat landing at Allison Creek Access Area was a major piece of Duke Energy’s recreation plan in York County.

The new park has the old access area’s fishing dock and boat ramps, but now it offers a kayak launch, 34 RV sites and 16 primitive tent camping sites. The park has areas with picnic shelters, 20 picnicking pads, an inclusive playground and a park store stocked with snacks, drinks and gear.

The county’s largest park also has 4 miles of hiking trails that connect to an historic graveyard at Allison Creek Presbyterian Church, where former enslaved people are buried.

The Van Remmens say the new park was worth the wait.

“It’s clean,” Marge Van Remmen said. “It’s well maintained. Every time we’ve been here it’s just been perfect.”

A.C. Lewis isn’t booked to stay at the park until May, but came last week to see what all is new. Lewis has a travel trailer and routinely camps with a few families out of Columbia. They’ve been to Ebenezer Park in Rock Hill, and learned about Allison Creek.

Lewis said there are important pieces that make a good camp site, and Allison Creek Park appears to have them.

“Cleanliness is one,” Lewis said. “We like to be around water. Whether we fish or we just like to sit around and look at water, we like to have it.”

Daily costs are $3 for adults and $1 for kids and senior adults. Yearly passes are $40.

For many years York County hesitated to have its own parks department.

The county distributed money to area municipalities for recreation programs; something it still does. There were some natural areas the county maintained, and it had Ebenezer. In recent years the county pivoted and embraced the idea of a parks program, especially when it comes to water.

In late 2018 the county purchased about 1,900 acres on the Rock Hill side of the Catawba River to create what is now called Catawba Bend Preserve. There are recent and coming renovations at Ebenezer. Field Day Park opened and land was purchased for preservation in Lake Wylie.

Now the county has a parks department and a director, Katherine Jones who was hired last year. Jones thanked county officials at the grand opening for what she said will be a state-of-the-art park and campground.

This story was originally published November 8, 2023, 11:15 AM.

Two decisions awaiting York County planners involve the Lake Wylie area where a second high school will be built for the Clover School District.

One could nix a new road connection from the school property to West Liberty Hill Road. The other could rename Daimler Boulevard.

The county planning commission will take up both proposals on Nov. 13.

The West Liberty Hill Road connection and Daimler Road name date back 15 years. They are remnants of a deal that never happened, amid new plans to grow the area.

York County approved the Allison Creek development in 2008. It came with plans for Daimler Trucks North America to relocate its headquarters from Portland, Oregon, to an area near the headwaters of Big Allison Creek.

The county zoned and planned more than 1,400 acres where homes, businesses and other uses to support Daimler would go. The county built major a thoroughfare through the site and named in Daimler Boulevard. But Daimler never made the move.

Areas set for residential development in the Allison Creek plan are under construction or in the planning stages with projects like Westport, Aberforth at Allison Creek and Avonlea at Allison Creek. Those projects would combine for more than 1,000 homes.

The Clover School District bought property along Daimler to put in a new high school. Recent district plans show a high school and athletics fields with three access points off Daimler. There’s also a road connection from the site to West Liberty Hill, beside space for a planned elementary school.

The Allison Creek plan calls for that road connection between Daimler and West Liberty Hill from what has since become the school district property. The plan envisioned mixed-use property there with up to 175,000 square feet of business space and 600 homes or apartments that the road connection would serve.

For the school site, that connection from Daimler to West Liberty Hill would circumnavigate the high school and its athletic fields. It also would cross a creek requiring a bridge north of the high school and parking areas.

It also could subject some roads used to access school parking areas to cut-through traffic use.

The county department of public safety notified county planning commission members this month that Daimler Boulevard will be renamed. The proposed new name is Cannonball Run.

The planning commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed name change at its Nov. 13 meeting. There are more than 20 properties with Daimler Boulevard addresses — it runs from S.C. 49 to S.C. 274 in Lake Wylie. Some of those sites are developed, some aren’t and some, like the school district property, are under development now.

The area has a history with cannons.

A Revolutionary War-era iron works not far from the Allison Creek site provided munitions for a host of battle in the region. The road does not appear to be named after the goofy 1981 movie, “The Cannonball Run,” starring Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore and Farrah Fawcett.

According to the notice from public safety, the name change is due to the cancellation of the Daimler move to York County.

The name change would impact the address of the new high school. Community members are determining other details like the name, mascot and colors of the school.

The school district launched and wrapped up public surveys last month asking for suggestions. Surveys asked the same questions for the high school and planned middle and elementary schools.

District leadership should have a final recommendation in February.

The Westport subdivision isn’t the only planned addition in Lake Wylie. Two more neighborhoods and an ice cream business may not be far behind it.

The planning commission in York County meets Monday. That group will get an updated traffic analysis on the 840-home Westport project that could start adding residences early next year. The commission will hear more plans that could add almost 200 homes.

Here’s a look at the most recent development proposals in Lake Wylie:

A massive, 840-home subdivision in Lake Wylie will mean a huge increase in traffic

▪ The Vista at Lake Wylie would add 140 homes on 179 acres. MT Land applied for preliminary plat review on lakefront property at the S.C. 274 and Pole Branch Road intersection.

The property is on the west side of the highway, with Mill Creek and Lake Wylie to the south. Half of the development will be open space. About 20% of trees on the wooded property will remain. Uneven landscape in the area leading down to the lake makes the plan a cluster subdivision, where homes will be in pods in more developable space on the property.

Home lots will have access off Vista Village Road, extending off S.C. 274. Other roads include Marshwood, Pristine Lake and Confluence drives, Pictoral, Vivid Creek and Douse roads, Splash Street, Lagoon Way and Limpid Lane.

A site plan shows the main entrance aligned with Pole Branch Road. It shows paved trails and landscaped seating areas, along with four large retention ponds and eight cul-de-sacs.

▪ Fiorenza Properties applied for preliminary plat review for Avonlea at Allison Creek. The new Lake Wylie subdivision at Charlotte Highway and Daimler Boulevard would add 54 homes on 26 acres.

The property is on the northeastern portion of the Charlotte Highway and Daimler Boulevard intersection. The subdivision will add three new roadways with Nova Drive, Rosalie Circle and Lilith Drive. A site plan shows two entrances off Daimler, east of its roundabout with Charlotte Highway. The two entrances horseshoe back to a single cul-de-sac.

The site will have almost 15 acres of open space and almost 5 acres of tree save, or about 20% of the trees on the property that will remain.

▪ The owner of an almost 2-acre property at 1820 S. Paraham Road in Lake Wylie asked to rezone it to allow an ice cream machine sales and service business. The property is zoned residential now. It has a 5,000-square-foot storage building that would be part of the new business. The property is at the northern intersection of Paraham and Charlotte Highway.