MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) — About 50 people attended a public input meeting Wednesday hosted by the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services to discuss wetland impacts on a controversial project.
The majority of those who attended opposed the $250 million Highway 41 project.
Residents are asking DES to deny stormwater permits, and other permits, to stop the planned Laurel Hill Parkway. The parkway is one component of the project that would disturb nearly 77 acres of land currently used to handle stormwater. The project would remove trees that currently act as stormwater storage…