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SUNSET BEACH, NC (WWAY) — The NCDOT and SCDOT will hold a public meeting Tuesday in Sunset Beach regarding the proposal to extend the Carolina Bays Parkway.
The goal is to extend the parkway (S.C. 31) from S.C. 9 in Horry County, South Carolina into North Carolina to U.S. 17 in Brunswick County. The project calls for a multi-lane freeway. The freeway would be on some existing roadways and some in new locations.
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The project would increase connectivity for Brunswick County and surrounding residents who frequently travel into South Carolina, as well as enhance mobility for the traffic in the area. Some of the current roadways and intersections are set to exceed the roadway capacity limits by 2040.
Concepts 1 and 4 are advantageous for separating through traffic from local traffic. The disadvantages is being a new location and risking disturbances to wildlife and natural areas.
The long-term plan of United States Route 17 through Brunswick County needs to be addressed. From the North Carolina state line to Interstate 140, United States Route 17 could shift to a freeway with grade-separated interchanges.
Concepts 1 and 4 are advantageous for separating through traffic from local traffic. The disadvantages is being a new location and risking disturbances to wildlife and natural areas.
The long-term plan of United States Route 17 through Brunswick County needs to be addressed. From the North Carolina state line to Interstate 140, United States Route 17 could shift to a freeway with grade-separated interchanges.
Exactly. It can and should happen, but only if the state is aggressive enough to stop development along the corridor and start planning to upgrade it now. The longer it waits, the more businesses and property owners it's going to have to compensate to make it a reality. If done properly, it'll be a huge boost for mobility for both New Hanover and Brunswick counties. And for those of us here in the Triangle, it would great to go nonstop to the Grand Strand rather than having to endure crowded and slow two-lane roads on the way to and from the beach.
Exactly. It can and should happen, but only if the state is aggressive enough to stop development along the corridor and start planning to upgrade it now. The longer it waits, the more businesses and property owners it's going to have to compensate to make it a reality. If done properly, it'll be a huge boost for mobility for both New Hanover and Brunswick counties. And for those of us here in the Triangle, it would great to go nonstop to the Grand Strand rather than having to endure crowded and slow two-lane roads on the way to and from the beach.
A Raleigh-to-Myrtle Beach interstate highway connection would not be a bad idea. What would it take to extend Interstate 87 south or Interstate 42 west through Sanford onto Hamlet to terminate at Interstate 73 and Interstate 74?
A Raleigh-to-Myrtle Beach interstate highway connection would not be a bad idea. What would it take to extend Interstate 87 south or Interstate 42 west through Sanford onto Hamlet to terminate at Interstate 73 and Interstate 74?
There was also an attempt in 2016 to get Congress to designate the NC-11/US-13 corridor between Kinston and Bethel a future interstate, but it didn't get anywhere and there hasn't been any further attempts at it since then.
Concerns have been raised that progress on the Horry County side of the project will outpace North Carolina’s, thereby locking in NCDOT to a route that the public hasn’t endorsed. Also, local tourism dollars are likely at stake, given the project would increase traffic flow to the Grand Strand.
South Carolina is further along in funding the project, having already dedicated $125 million to it via a 2016 Horry County capital project sales tax referendum. Right-of-way acquisitions on the South Carolina side of the project will begin in 2022 ; NCDOT has not dedicated any funds for right-of-way acquisitions for its portion of the project.
In all, the 19-mile proposed project will cost an estimated $552 million combined, with NCDOT required to cover roughly two-thirds of the total cost (14 miles of the project would run through North Carolina).
Each of the nine proposed route alternatives would replace roughly 6 miles of existing roadway on Highway 17 and ultimately converge at the existing terminus in South Carolina between the existing Carolina Bays Parkway S.C. 31 at S.C. 9 (view all route alternatives).
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