I-73 to Myrtle Beach ~ SC Top Priority

Commissioners select $2 billion interstate plan as most important to state

A new interstate that would provide faster, more direct access to Myrtle Beach was named the S.C. Transportation Department’s top priority Thursday.

The decision came hours after a group of Grand Strand-area business and political leaders requested the symbolic approval and a new commissioner was appointed to represent that region.

The resolution, signed by five of the agency’s seven commissioners, is in favor of I-73, which would run from Michigan to the coast and is expected to cost $2 billion in South Carolina alone. Grand Strand officials requested a show of support for I-73 as Congress chooses which highways to fund.

Agency staff said this was the first time the proposed interstate had been designated as the top project.

Source: John O’Connor at thestate.com