Road Projects Impact on Greater Burgess?

In the article below, the South Carolina Department of Transportation gives a summary descritpion and status of local road projects.  I've been wondering exactly where the Carolina Bays (Route 31) will come in, because traffic around here is becoming more of a a concern.  If you're similarly interested, take a look at this document.  It has more detail.

http://www.scdot.org/inside/pdfs/PublicHearings/CarolinaBays_handout.pdf

I found it interesting that the original plan called for Rte. 31 to intersect with 17 Bypass, which it seems would more directly reduce traffic on that route.  The current plan is two miles  shorter, saving a lot of expense.

I copied the map from the pdf and show it here, with comments below it.

Above you can see but not read an overall map of the Route 31 extension and the 707 widening.  The latter project extends all the way from where 707 crosses 544 down to the CVS in Murrells Inlet, across 17 Bypass and over Sunnyside Ave. to Business 17 that runs along the marsh (Restaurant Row.)

The Carolina Bays (Rte. 31) extension will leave 544 and curve around and meet 707 north of the 707 intersection with Holmestown Road.  Here's a closer look.

  The On and Off Ramps will extend on both sides of 707 between Blue Stern Drive and Leonard Road on the left, just north of Moss Creek Road, where today you can see a big empty field..  Here's is the sat photo.  In the pdf mentioned above, there is an overlay map of the cloverleaf.

If the project takes some of the traffic off Routes 17 Bypass and 17 Business, that would seem to be a good thing.  But the effect will be north of us and the diverted northbound traffic will be heading out Holmestown Road and up 707 to get on Rte. 31.


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Dave