Editing Bluffton, South Carolina (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Utilities===
Water and sewer service is provided by [[Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority]] (BJWSA). [[SCANA|South Carolina Electric and Gas Company]] (SCE&G) and Palmetto Electric Cooperative are the major suppliers of power to the town. [[Hargray]] provides telephone and broadband services. [[Waste Management, Inc]] provides solid waste services.

=== Transportation ===
[[File:MayRiverRoad.jpg|thumb|right|May River Road]]

==== Airport ====
Bluffton is served by the [[Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport]], which is located in [[Savannah, Georgia]], and the [[Hilton Head Airport|Hilton Head Island Airport]].

==== Interstates and highways ====
[[Interstate 95 in South Carolina|Interstate 95]] runs to the west of Bluffton and is connected to it by [[U.S. Route 278 in South Carolina|U.S. Route 278]]. Bluffton Parkway, currently under construction, is planned to run from the Hilton Head Island bridge to I-95 near [[Hardeeville, South Carolina|Hardeeville]] when all phases are complete. As of August 2012, the parkway runs from SC-170 in the west almost to the bridge in the east. Two sections are currently separated by Buckwalter Parkway but are scheduled to be joined by Phase 5B.<ref name="Parkway">[http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/04/20/2043859/bluffton-parkway-extension-to.html "Employment Fast Facts,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501194353/http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/04/20/2043859/bluffton-parkway-extension-to.html |date=May 1, 2012 }} ''Bluffton Parkway extension to open for drivers Monday'' - Accessed August 29, 2012.</ref> Local public transportation and [[dial-a-ride]] service is provided by Palmetto Breeze, a regional transportation authority run by the Lowcountry Council of Governments, which serves as the regional [[Metropolitan Planning Organization]] (MPO).<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.palmettobreezetransit.com/about-us |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=www.palmettobreezetransit.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Transportation |url=https://www.lowcountrycog.org/planning_and_transportation/transportation/index.php |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=www.lowcountrycog.org |language=en}}</ref>

==== Major highways ====
*{{Jct|I|95|state=SC}} (west of Bluffton)
*{{Jct|US|278|state=SC}} - Fording Island Road
*{{Jct|SC|46|state=SC}} - May River Road
*{{Jct|SC|170|state=SC}} - Okatie Highway
*Bluffton Parkway

===Fire department===
The Bluffton Township Fire District was created in 1978, and is comprised all of the land in Beaufort County south of the Broad River except Jenkins Island, Hilton Head Island and Daufuskie Island. In 1994, Jenkins Island was added.<ref name="Fire1">[http://www.blufftonfd.com/about.php "About BTFD"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923111813/http://www.blufftonfd.com/about.php |date=September 23, 2012 }} ''BTFD About'' - Accessed August 28, 2012.</ref>

There are nine fire stations in the Bluffton Township Fire District.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bluffton Township South Carolina Fire District Home Page |url=https://www.blufftonfd.com/home |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=Bluffton Township South Carolina Fire District |language=en}}</ref>

Bluffton Township Fire District works with Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue as a sponsoring agency for two of South Carolina's designated special teams: one of the state's Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Response Teams and one of the four Regional Urban Search and Rescue Response Teams.<ref>[http://www.ffmob.sc.gov/index.asp?file=RegionalUSandR.htm "Regional US&R Teams,"] ''South Carolina Firefighter Mobilization Oversight Committee'', Accessed May 20, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://bluffton-today.wehaa-server2.com/catalog.php?catalog_id=438 "Safety First - The Hilton Head/Bluffton Disaster Response Team Trains for Emergency Rescue Missions,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718023134/http://bluffton-today.wehaa-server2.com/catalog.php?catalog_id=438 |date=July 18, 2011 }} ''The Bluffton Today'', January 10, 2008. Accessed January 12, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.fireengineering.com/news/newsArticleDisplay.html?id=156017 "Firefighters in SC train in tornado scenario,"]{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''Fire Engineering'', January 9, 2008. Accessed January 12, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/125943.html "Mock tornado stirs up read training locally,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110192730/http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/125943.html |date=January 10, 2008 }} ''The Island Packet'', January 9, 2008. Accessed January 12, 2008.</ref>

===Police===
The Town of Bluffton Police Department received national accreditation in 2009.<ref name="Police1">{{cite web|url=http://blufftonpolice.com/Other/2011.annual.report.pdf |title=Bluffton Police 2011 Annual Report;– relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, move, moving, houses news, sex offenders |publisher=blufftonpolice.com |access-date=August 28, 2012}}</ref>  There is one police headquarters, providing operations, support, and neighborhood services.<ref name="Police1" />