Sun News - Clearing for the path of the extension of S.C. 31 is moving along, but permit problems could keep drivers off the new road for a few more years. Environmental questions over extending the road 4.2 miles from its existing end point at S.C. 544 farther south to S.C. 707 could hold up the project a number of months beyond what the state Department of Transportation and Horry County officials had hoped. The permit issue arose because the road's existing permit had to be altered. When S.C. 31, also known as Carolina Bays Parkway, received its original permits in 1998, the road was designed to end farther east at U.S. 17 Bypass just north of Holmestown Road.
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