WEST ASHLEY — City officials announced plans Aug. 25 to bring city services and offices to its population center.

Mayor William Cogswell pitched a pair of office buildings, each about 48,000 square feet and three stories off Ingram Road, in hopes of cutting down commutes for not only city employees, but save residents a trip downtown for a permit and other city business.

“If we can put jobs closer to where people live, it will reduce traffic,” Cogswell said.

West Ashley is home to more than 40 percent of the city’s population, and most of its 2,000 employees — though Cogswell said only about 100 people will work in the first of the two proposed buildings, which will be built in phases to accommodate future growth of the city’s workforce.

More than 100 people attended a public meeting A

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