Transportation News

General

SC Sen. Harvey Peeler suddenly in control of state spending in a year with record cash (16 Jan 2022)
Additional $1.3B in federal money for SC roads will require infusion of state taxes (17 Dec 2021)
Upstate Republican takes helm of SC Senate’s powerful budget-writing committee (6 Dec 2021)
Congested SC highways cost a lot, but road construction isn’t a silver bullet (11 Oct 2021)
Dominion Energy condemnation case among boom in SC property value disputes (16 Sep 2021)
It’s our best shot at improving Johns Island infrastructure, quality of life (10 Aug 2021)
An innovative idea to help Johns Island keep up with development (7 Aug 2021)
5 road projects threaten long-established Black communities across the Lowcountry (12 Mar 2021)
Roundabouts spreading like Kudzu across South Carolina, despite some opposition (20 May 2017)
Why DOT’s Priority Lists Are Mostly Meaningless (16 Feb 2016)
Forum to focus on Johns Is. roads (15 Nov 2015)

Main/Bohicket Road Corridor (Bees Ferry to Betsy Kerrison)

Neighboring islander urges support for highway expansion alternative on Johns Island (22 May 2022)
Save Bohicket (22 May 2022)
Up to $200M in roadwork aimed at easing Johns Island's growth-related traffic (9 May 2022)
Refine promising road plans for Johns Island (20 Mar 2021)
On Johns Island, a sixth road alternative will save our sense of place (6 Mar 2022)
Johns Island’s Rational Roads group has refreshing alternatives (18 Nov 2021)
Charleston County deserves more rational, beautiful roads. Let’s build that in. (11 Jul 2021)
Johns Island group working on plan for safer roads (15 Apr 2021)
Let’s not pave another paradise. There are better options. (9 Nov 2020)
$40M going to traffic, intersection improvements for Johns Island drivers (8 Jul 2020)
Charleston to receive over $62 million for road projects downtown, on Johns Island and West Ashley (7 Jul 2020)
A shot at real relief for Johns Island traffic (21 May 2019)
Charleston County lays out plans to improve traffic at Main Road and US Highway 17 (20 May 2019)
With or without I-526, other projects could improve traffic through Johns Island (9 Jul 2018)
Charleston OKs tax hikes (8 Nov 2016)
Are good intentions paving way to Kiawah? (4 Feb 2016)
Don't Blame the Trees (2 Jun 1986)

Maybank Hwy (Including Maybank/River Intersection, Pitchforks)

Maybank Highway improvement project finds more funding [On James Island] (21 Apr 2021)
Big new development on Johns Island gets city’s OK, but road funding in limbo [Kerr Property at Maybank and River] (29 May 2019)
Complete the Johns Island ‘pitchfork’ for a quick traffic fix (28 May 2019)
With or without I-526, other projects could improve traffic through Johns Island (9 Jul 2018)
Johns Island road plan advances (27 Aug 2009)

Mark Clark Extension

Find better traffic solutions for West Ashley than I-526 extension (8 May 2022)
Charleston County told to expect revised cost estimates for $2.3B Mark Clark Extension (5 May 2022)
The best option for the Mark Clark extension: Give up now (28 Apr 2022)
Cost to extend I-526 to James Island more than triples to $2.35 billion (27 Apr 2022)
‘They’re going to need a lot of bake sales:’ 526 project on the ropes after price triples (26 Apr 2022)
Protect African American communities in the crosshairs of Mark Clark extension (18 Jan 2022)
Public comments on I-526 extension show project is still controversial (17 Jan 2022)
Ports Authority-North Charleston settlement carries a lesson beyond the port (9 Jan 2022)
Johns Island’s Rational Roads group has refreshing alternatives (18 Nov 2021)
Don’t let I-526 extension harm local food, farms (3 Nov 2021)
Mark Clark Extension DSEIS -- Comments of SELC et al. (15 Oct 2021)
Approving new development without new infrastructure is a formula for gridlock (9 Sep 2021)
Meet the new 526 extension, same as the old 526 extension (21 Aug 2021)
State, local officials propose new path for long-awaited I-526 extension (19 Aug 2021)
I-526 extension explained: The controversy, the cost and what it means for you (3 Oct 2018)
With or without I-526, other projects could improve traffic through Johns Island (9 Jul 2018)
Whether or not I-526 is extended, Johns Island traffic frustrates residents (25 May 2018)
I-526 extension decision delayed until March (14 Dec 2016)
Who took I-526 off sales tax proposal? How it landed on Charleston County list at all is mystery (9 Jul 2016)
Taking down Goliath (1 Jun 2016)

OFF-ISLAND: Riverland and Central Park on James Island

Riverland Drive option was proposed by Councilwoman Honeycutt (29 Jun 2021)
After 2 years, Charleston County scraps controversial James Island ‘dog bone’ road plan (8 Jun 2021)
The ‘dog bone’ plan could ease James Island traffic, but at great cost to a family (25 Feb 2019)

Off-Island: Highway 41 in Mt Pleasant

Charleston County made the best it could of an unwinnable situation (29 Aug 2021)
Phillips is saved for now, but more development pressure will surely come (28 Aug 2021)
The Phillips community in Mount Pleasant is now a historic district (25 Aug 2021)
$148M Highway 41 ‘compromise’ road plan approved by Charleston County Council (24 Aug 2021)
Major change of plans for Highway 41 in Mount Pleasant unveiled by Charleston County (5 Aug 2021)
Charleston County’s $187M Highway 41 plan creates an uproar in Mount Pleasant (9 Mar 2021)
Public opinion split on Charleston County plan to widen Highway 41; some call it racist (14 Oct 2020)

Off-Island: I-26 and I-526

Widening I-526 from North Charleston to Mount Pleasant could cost $4B (24 Oct 2021)
I-26 traffic jams underscore infrastructure problems in the Charleston area (8 Oct 2021)
Black people are about to be swept aside for a South Carolina freeway — again (8 Sep 2021)
Gov. McMaster proposes using $360M in COVID aid to widen I-26 between Columbia and Charleston (2 Sep 2021)
SCDOT unveils detailed plans to 8-lane I-526; almost 300 homes and businesses at stake (21 Nov 2019)

Off-Island: Other Charleston County Roads

James Island Public Works Update (26 Apr 2022)
Glenn McConnell Parkway improvements will help, but no silver bullet (23 Mar 2022)
Charleston County road politics in a fender bender on Azalea Drive (3 Nov 2021)

Off-Island: Other Lowcounty Roads

$1M independent traffic study planned for Hilton Head US 278 (30 Apr 2022)
Building I-73 from Myrtle Beach to I-95 wastes SC millions (26 Apr 2022)
Stalemate: Hilton Head, Beaufort Co. officials debate US 278 (22 Apr 2022)
Highway 52 corridor study to be blueprint for future growth between Moncks Corner, Goose Creek (21 Dec 2021)
Berkeley residents will have a chance next year to improve their lives (14 Dec 2021)
Negotiations to begin over 6-lane bridge plan after Hilton Head council vote (13 Oct 2021)
‘Interstate’ 73 to I-95 not the best way to solve Myrtle Beach’s road problems (8 Oct 2021)

Other Transportation News

Beaufort County SC eyes plan for 10-year, 1-cent sales tax (18 May 2022)
Transportation agencies are facing the consequences of induced demand (18 Apr 2022)
Mount Pleasant bike trail plan raises concerns about land loss in Black communities (6 Feb 2022)
Rice, Lazarus and I-73 in June Republican Primary (9 Jan 2022)
Berkeley County penny sales tax will be back on the ballot in November 2022 (26 Nov 2021)
These Americans Are Just Going Around in Circles. It Helps the Climate. (20 Nov 2021)
Greenville asks to take ownership of Augusta Street from SCDOT following pedestrian death (13 Oct 2021)
Unhealthy S.C. appetite for roads demands a diet (14 Sep 2020)
Charleston needs common-sense transportation policy, not wider roads (12 Aug 2019)
Digging down to the roots of transportation dysfunction (2 Nov 2016)