SCDOT requests Public Comment on the 2024-2033 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program To Include Federal Lands Transportation Improvement Projects

Columbia, S.C. (July 17, 2025) - The South Carolina Department of Transportation seeks public comment on the action to amend the 2024-2033 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) to include five federal lands transportation improvement projects. SCDOT will receive public comment for the 21-day period from July 17, 2025 through August 7, 2025.

The proposed projects will provide for transportation infrastructure improvements to public highways, roads, bridges or trails located on, or adjacent to, federal lands. These projects will be implemented for purposes including bridge access improvement, intersection improvement, surface improvements, and advancing the implementation of safe, inviting, non-motorized transportation routes linking federal lands to surrounding communities.

The Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division of the Federal Highway Administration will provide funding for the respective phases of work and amounts as listed below.

Project: 2024 SC Winter Nor'easter FWS (SC ERFO FW CRM 2024-1)

Location: Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in Charleston County

Phase of Work: Preliminary Engineering     

Year: 2027

Match: 100 percent Federal

Cost: $3,065,000

Project: Sumter National Forest Gateway Bridge (SC FLAP 20)

Location: Abbeville County

Phase of Work: Preliminary Engineering

Year: 2025

Match: 100 percent Federal

Cost: $1,500,000

Project: Buck Hall Landing Intersection (SC FLAP 23) at Francis Marion National Forest

Location: Charleston County

Phase of Work: Construction

Year: 2025

Match: 20 percent local

Cost: $1,407,500

Project: Overmountain Victory Trail Study (SC FLAP 24)

Location: Cherokee County

Phase of Work: Preliminary Engineering

Year: 2025

Match: 100 percent Federal

Cost: $2,700,000

Project: Rehab Route #T000 Gator Pond Road Trail Former Route #412 (SC FLTP FW SNT (1))

Location: Clarendon County

Phase of Work: Construction

Year: 2025

Match: 100 percent Federal

Cost: $700,000

Visit scdot.org/projects/public-comment-notices to view all STIP Comment Notices and submit comments online.

To assist those who do not have internet access, a printed copy of this press release and any supporting information is available for public review and comment at any of the South Carolina Department of Transportation District Offices and the South Carolina Councils of Government Offices. 

Submit a Comment

Comments will be accepted through August 7, 2025 and should be submitted to Ginny Jones, Public Involvement Director, SCDOT Office of Public Engagement, 955 Park Street, P.O. Box 191, Columbia, SC 29202. Comments may also be submitted online or by email to SCDOTpubliccomment@scdot.org. 

Please note, any information provided, including names and addresses, is subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.