Local officials plan to seek help from the state’s two senators to get approval for a project that will dredge silt from over 16 miles of creeks and channels in Murrells Inlet.
Georgetown County applied to the Army Corps of Engineers in 2023 for a permit to dredge over 750,000 cubic yards of material and pump it to a nearshore disposal site off Huntington Beach State Park. The county started planning the project in 2019.
The county councils in Georgetown and Horry counties are working on a letter to Sen. Lindsay Graham and Sen. Tim Scott to “move the needle on the federal side,” said Clint Elliott, who chairs the Georgetown County Council. “The permit should have been issued a year ago.”…