LADSON, S.C. (WCBD)- Some members of the community joined together in a protest this weekend at the Coastal Carolina Fair, amid a controversy over the transportation company CARTA having plans to use some of the fair’s land for a park-and-ride facility.
CARTA’s plan is to use 6 acres of the 180-acre fairgrounds and transform the space from a parking lot to a Carta park-and-ride facility.
However, the plan isn’t sitting well win fair leadership.
“We have much better use of that, the public had much better use of that 6 acres, which we’re doing,” Coastal Carolina Fair media relations, Gary Leonard asid.
Protestors lined the sidewalk in front of the fair’s entrance with signs saying “Save the Fair”, an effort Jerry Morris says he’s proud to support, since the fair gives so much back to the community.
Morris said, “The fair, we’ve been doing this since 1957 and we have about 65 charities that depend on us each year.”
Fair leaderships says taking away that 6 acres of land would disturb fair operations, like parking for visitors.