The SC Dept. of Transportation is taking comments on the expansion of I-526 until April 24, 2008.

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Talking points for your comments:

• Fix the traffic problems locally and at their source.
• Real experience from around the country proves that a beltway is not the most efficient solution to traffic congestion. Consider alternative methods to relieving traffic congestion.
• Big roads do not solve traffic problems. They induce development along their corridor and create a dependent commuting population that quickly clogs the new road and will require increased capacity in the long term.
• Taking local trips off of congested roadways can greatly reduce car trips on heavily traveled roads. Future redevelopment of commercial areas to include a network of streets will give drivers choices and relieve congestion on major thoroughfares.
• Create and study a plan that will solve traffic problems, enhance neighborhoods, and revitalize the economy.
• Alternatives that emphasize redevelopment will not only improve congestion, but will also serve as a tool for economic development and provide more local jobs.
• I have seen the New Way To Work Alternative created by Glatting Jackson to fix traffic bottlenecks around Savannah Highway, Folly Road, Maybank Highway, and Main Road. I would like to see it included in this EIS as a potential solution to the traffic problems in the area.
• Select the cheapest alternative to solve the traffic problems. The New Way To Work Alternative costs $207 million.
• Alternatives that negatively impact large amounts of wetlands and parkland should be considered the least viable alternatives.
• I would like to see the New Way To Work Alternative included as one of the alternatives in the EIS.