The S.C. 31 extension project is on schedule and construction into the summer includes continued progress on the Intracoastal Waterway bridge, beginning work on other bridges for the project, and more soil work on the east side of S.C. 707 for the new interchange.

“The project is progressing well and is on schedule,” said Lisa Bourcier, spokeswoman for Horry County. “Traffic hasn’t played much of a factor, since this is a new alignment and most of it is being built away from traffic. This spring has been wet, but it hasn’t impacted the bridge construction.”

The $237 million project to extend S.C. 31 to about S.C. 707 has been a multi-year project funded mostly by State Infrastructure Bank Funds, and in part with American Recovery and Investment Act Funds and local match dollars. The nearly four-mile extension will be a multi-lane highway that includes a bridge over the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Construction is slated to be completed by the spring of 2017.