HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — For more than 25 years, Horry County leaders have signaled the need for a hurricane escape route that would funnel traffic southward — avoiding possible catastrophic delays on its major arteries.
Through on-again, off-again promises of federal funding, environmental pushback and the need to address more immediate transportation priorities, the Southern Evacuation Lifeline — more commonly known as SELL — has never made it beyond the idea phase.
The latest effort to finally get the proposed 28-mile corridor built began April 24, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced plans for a draft environmental impact statement …