Leaders along the proposed Interstate 73 route from Michigan to South Carolina will converge on Washington, D.C., later this month to lobby for more funding for the highway project, the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce announced today.
Supporters of I-73 will meet with members of Congress during the Fall Road Rally from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1. The National I-73/74 Corridor Association, the event's organizer, hopes to influence legislators to fund the highway when they take up the highway reauthorization bill early next year.
I-73 would be the first interstate to link to Horry County and would extend to Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., met with Grand Strand businesspeople and officials at the end of August to discuss the interstate. Graham supports building a $150 million interchange connecting U.S. 501 to Interstate 95, he said, as it would show progress on the I-73 route and give highway supporters more momentum in Washington. The state only has about half of the money it needs to build the interchange.
The I-73 association is led by Grand Stranders: Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Brad Dean is president and executive director of the association while Rep. Alan Clemmons, R-Myrtle Beach, is chairman. The board is comprised of members from each state along the I-73 route - Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
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