It's not intended to be a bypass or arterial. It will be a connector-type road.
It's not intended for cut-through-type traffic. If you look at the distance and the travel time, there wouldn't be an advantage for commuters on 278 to take that route.
We've worked really hard to identify alternative funding sources and really address the projects that need to be done to provide for safe and efficient travel in southern Beaufort County.
There are inadequate gaps in traffic in the traffic stream on S.C. 46. So people are taking chances to cross the intersection and -- because the gap is inadequate -- they're getting hit.
We see this as kind of a first step of bringing it to this joint group. And then we can ... go on to the respective governmental entities.
