Years of waiting for a new highway connecting North and South Carolina has resulted in going back to the drawing board in hopes to please the public.
After Brunswick County residents shared how the Carolina Bays Parkway Extension project could negatively impact their lives and businesses, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has decided to take a different route.
The NCDOT, South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) and Federal Highway Administration are working to extend S.C. 31, known as Carolina Bays Parkway, from S.C. 9 in Horry County, South Carolina, to U.S. 17 in Brunswick County. If funded and constructed, the proposed project will result in a new multi-lane full access freeway connecting the Carolinas…