Road improvements around Hilton Head Island bridges could cost $200M; state commits $44M
The state plans to pay $44 million to replace and widen a portion of the Hilton Head Island bridges, as well as foot the bill for an environmental impact study required before the project can start.
While it’s at it, the S.C. Department of Transportation could expand the scope of that study to include an assessment of an additional series of U.S. 278 improvements around the bridges, Beaufort County leaders say.
County and SCDOT officials are discussing “how we can plan the entire corridor so we would be well positioned” to get a running start on improvements to the four-mile corridor between Buckingham Plantation Drive and Squire Pope Road, county engineering director Rob McFee said earlier this week.
Those improvements — which come with a whopping $200 million price tag — would add traffic safety features and widen the road from four lanes to six.
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