ROW acquisition starts this month

The state this month begins right-of-way acquisition to allow for improvements at the tricky junction of S.C. 59 and 24 in the Crossroads Community. Senator Thomas Alexander and Representative Bill Sandifer are told in a letter from DOT Traffic Safety Engineer Brett Harrelson that additional rights-of-way will be needed to make way for adding left turn lanes on 24 and realigning “the skewed approaches” of 59 to 24. Harrelson’s letter says, “This intersection was selected for improvement through the Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP).