July 15, 2024 Update - Interstate 73 in SC has been through the environmental battle and it’s time the construction shovels finally go in the dirt in SC!

The environmental groups don’t go away…they just change their names and try to stand in the way of your safety.

Now we have the Winyah Rivers Alliance walking into local meetings and being vocal, another group getting promoted by the media and probably getting lots of funding to stand in the way of the safety and progress of our PEOPLE.

Interstate 73 in SC has been through the environmental battle and it’s time the construction shovels finally go in the dirt in SC!

Feb 17, 2023 Update - Even though the financially-powerful Coastal Conservation League (CCL) lost the I-73 federal lawsuit in 2021, they are at it again and they are working hard against all of our local new road projects, now pitting our flooding issues against road projects.

The CCL and the Southern Environmental Law Center have played a huge role in our now-clogged local roads in the Myrtle Beach area - a dangerous game played for years against the safety and economic progress of our people.

Every time I-73 picks up speed you will notice they go into action to send you in a new direction. They also insert representatives into our local meetings.

It’s time they focus on a different region and if they want to concentrate on something near Myrtle Beach, then the Atlantic Coast offshore drilling fight is definitely a legitimate and important fight for our area.

Accidents are happening on all of our roads going in and out of Myrtle Beach thanks to many of their efforts for many years.

How’s that working out for us?

Note:

The Coastal Conservation League (CCL) office is located minutes away from an interstate (quite hypocritical don’t ya think) in Charleston, South Carolina, and now they have added a Beaufort, South Carolina office.)

Make sure to check out the CCL’s financials and the SELC’s financials as well. (they get the big, big bucks to fight against any and all new road projects and not only Interstate 73.

9/2/2021

FEDERAL LAWSUIT HOLDING UP I-73 DISMISSED,
ALLOWING THE PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD 

(Click on the link above to read WPDE’s news article)

Additional notes:

The Coastal Conservation League (CCL) and southern environmental law center (SELC) are a true enemy of i-73 and SELL in South Carolina.

Wouldn’t their time be better served by concentrating on the fight against atlantic coast offshore drilling instead of fighting against every road project we have?

-myrtle beach area — the CCL is standing in the way of your safe, direct, non-stop route to i95 and your efficient hurricane evacuation route.

-Horry county working people — the CCL is standing in the way of jobs, jobs and more jobs, and jobs in a new industry.

-the CCL peddles fantasy projects like the busbee bypass and the grand strand expressway to distract you.

-there is nothing grand about just widening US 501.

-remember that is Their job — to halt progress in america!

-the ccl and selc Waste time and Your Tax Dollars.

-they Do Not Tell the Entire Story when they write their fancy op/eds.

-According to the mitigation for Interstate 73, 4,583 Acres of Wetlands Will Be Protected in Exchange for
I-73’s 324.1 Acres. (oops…they failed to tell you that)

-be sure to thank the ccl and selc for delaying I73 construction!

-The ccl receives grant money to turn around and file challenges against projects like i-73.

-the Coastal conservation league’s legal actions are still holding up I-73 in SC.

-the coastal conservation league’s staff make nice wages and the selc keeps getting richer and richer while you, horry county, stand still.

-are you, the working people in horry county, making wages like theirs?

-I73 in SC was thoroughly researched and planned for decades (yes, decades).

-the majority spoke over and over again.

-there was public input time and time again before the I-73 permit was issued.

-the permit was issued and it’s time to build i-73 in south carolina!

-your life matters!

-jobs for horry county matter!

It’s time the obstructionists get out of our way!

Our People Matter!