Eye on Hilton Head

Hilton Head Island Town Councilman Lee Edwards said the state and county should instead pursue a new plan by Beaufort County Councilman Stu Rodman.

Rodman wants to eliminate the eastbound flyover and instead make the extension at grade. 

The Fording Island Road Extension would then intersect with Bluffton Parkway rather than going under it.

Doing so would save millions, according to Rodman, without endangering the project, but would not address the more prominent westbound flyover Edwards argues spoils the entrance to the island.

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TUESDAY, Oct. 16
Town of Hilton Head Island
Public Facilities Committee: 2 p.m., Council Chambers at Town Hall, 1 Town Center Court
Agenda: Presentation by the South Island Dredging Association, which is seeking the town’s endorsement of its application for a joint state and federal permit to dumpt about 300,000 cubic yards of silt, clay and sand dug up from Sea Pines waterways and marinas near the mouth of Calibogue Sound
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Town Council: 4 p.m., Council Chambers at Town Hall, 1 Town Center Court
Agenda: Not yet available