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State Infrastructure Bank denies scaled proposal for Hilton Head bridge; county to attempt revised offer
Summary
Beaufort County staff said the State Infrastructure Bank unanimously denied the county's proposal to scale the Hilton Head/Bluffton Parkway project; County Council directed staff to continue negotiations while DOT gave the county a 30-day deadline to propose an alternative or DOT may move ahead with a single-span replacement.
Jared, county staff project lead, told the Beaufort County Transportation Committee the State Infrastructure Bank (SIB) voted unanimously to deny the county’s scaled proposal for the Hilton Head–Bluffton Parkway bridge project and that the county is preparing a revised plan.
The project originally proposed a six-lane bridge with an estimated cost of about $490 million; county staff had identified roughly $300 million available, leaving a $190 million shortfall. After a failed local sales-tax referendum, staff and local leaders proposed a…
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