A public information meeting was held Thursday, March 3, 2022 from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm at the Island Rec Center (20 Wilborn Road, Hilton Head Island). ALL meeting materials shown at the public information meeting are available for viewing on this webpage.

The purpose of the meeting WAs to:

• Provide a project update

• Demonstrate how your feedback was used to modify the Recommended Preferred Alternative presented at the Public Hearing last year (2021)

• Ask for YOUR comments, feedback, and concerns!

We value your input. The official comment period ended on March 26, 2022.

Proposed Modifications

The most frequent concern received during the Public Hearing comment period was related to the removal of the left-turn lanes from US 278 at Squire Pope and Wild Horse/Spanish Wells Roads and introduction of a u-turn movement. As a result, the project team re-evaluated the performance of other intersection configurations and consulted with agency partners about the difference in traffic performance of those alternative configurations to see if there was another option that would better balance the congestion needs with community input to eliminate the u-turn movement. While the intersection improvements shown at the Public Hearing would perform better in 2045, modifications have been made to address local concerns.

Proposed Modifications Include:

• Removing the Jenkins Road intersection and rerouting to C. Heinrichs Circle

• Adding dual left turns from US 278 onto Squire Pope Road

• Retaining left turns from US 278 at Wild Horse Road and adding dual left turns at Spanish Wells Road

• Reducing the width of the inside 4 lanes between the Crazy Crab and Spanish Wells Road along the Stoney Community

• Meander the westbound lanes of US 278 on Jenkins Island to create a parkway effect

• Adding a scenic look-out point along the multi-use path over each creek