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"We know that people want care close to home."
Horry County Council members on Tuesday voted 9-3 against approving a proposed 25% pay boost for themselves.
Although CMC is still waiting on a rezoning decision from Horry County Government, the healthcare provider secured a victory last month when a legal dispute over the project was settled. The next day, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) issued CMC a certificate of need, which in South Carolina is a key approval needed to build new medical facilities.
This month, Horry County Council voted to shift nearly $8 million earmarked for a Little River boardwalk to a proposed equestrian center in the western part of the county.
Horry County leaders on Tuesday voted against a proposal that would reduce the height requirements for construction in the recently approved supplemental flood zones, but they left open the possibility of revisiting the issue later this month.
A development company that sought to convert the 18-hole course into a housing development withdrew a rezoning request for the property on Wednesday. It doesn’t mean the course won’t become a residential community — that could still happen under the existing zoning — but the specific 558-home project could not be built without a zoning change.
The River Oaks Golf Club in Carolina Forest will likely be turned into a housing development. If a development agreement is approved, the area could get a new dog park and walking trails.Â
On Tuesday, Horry County Council approved the framework for choosing the advisory committee for RIDE IV, a local road construction program that would be funded with a 1% sales tax if voters approve the levy in 2024.
A $75 million interchange designed to ease congestion in Carolina Forest could break ground as early as next year, Horry County officials said.
Jason Thompson, the RIDE III program manager, told the Carolina Forest Civic Association last week that barring any weather delays the extension of the road is expected to be completed by December.