Sunday, June 9, 2013

Don't Strip the Neck!

This sums up the highway proposal....
A citizens' coalition has formed to force public dialogue on the proposals to modify the median of Highway 17 in the Pawley's Island business district.  In short, the plan calls for 1.8 miles of a raised median with 17 breaks for U turns--this is going to make traffic better?  You got to be kidding me!

Details:
  • The current revised plan is NOT a highway beautification project and will have NO landscaping.
  • An unattractive 4-5 foot wide concrete median will appear in much of the 1.8 mile project.
  • Seventeen (17) U-Turns will replace ALL left turns – requiring vehicles to cross over two lanes of oncoming traffic to get to the U-Turn lane on the opposite side of the highway and then vehicles must merge back into traffic with NO acceleration lanes.
  • Access to major connector streets will be limited – streets such as Professional Land, Tiller Drive, Parkersville Road and Archer Road.
  • Emergency vehicles and large trucks WILL NOT be able to make most U-Turns. Many heavy trucks will be forced to go through Petigu & Martin Luther King Road residential areas.
  • The project will have MAJOR ECONOMIC IMPACT on landowners and businesses.
  • Most businesses cannot be accessed from the opposite side of Highway 17.
  • This project will lead to more strip development.
Two upcoming meetings: 

County Council -- June 11 at  5:30PM at the Old Courthouse, Georgetown,

HWY 17 Project Information Meeting -- June 20 at 7PM at Waccamaw High School Auditorium, Pawley's Island

For more information:  www.dontstriptheneck.org

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