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Tuesday, April 30, 2013  The South Carolina Department of Transportation will soon start installing a new style traffic signal, commonly known as the "flashing yellow arrow."

Monday, April 15, 2013  The South Carolina Department of Transportation is moving forward with changes to Highway 17 in Pawleys Island. The project calls for more traffic signals and creating a raised median. A group is trying to get the plan revised.

Friday, January 18, 2013  A lawsuit has been filed in connection with a sinkhole that damaged buildings in Georgetown in November 2011.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  The South Carolina Department of Transportation held a public hearing about the extension of Carolina Bays Parkway from Highway 544 to Highway 707 at Socastee High School on Tuesday.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  Sherwood Drive in Conway, also named Secondary 333, has opened, according to the South Carolina Department of Transportation.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  Coastal Carolina University is working with the South Carolina Department of Transportation and area lawmakers to address traffic concerns along Highway 544, which runs alongside the university.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) announced the 3rd Avenue South widening and improvement project in Myrtle Beach is scheduled to begin on Monday, Sept. 17, and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2015.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  Highway Patrol says August broke records for the lowest number of traffic deaths on state highways.

Friday, June 01, 2012  Lake City has been awarded $1.7 million dollars from the South Carolina Department of Transportation  to resurface 27 roads and fix bad sidewalks.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  Big changes are coming next week to one of the Grand Strand's busiest intersections. Traffic will be re-routed to make way for construction work on the Highway 17 and 707 interchange.

Thursday, February 02, 2012  South Carolina's transportation secretary says his agency is trying to pay bills faster than the law requires after last summer's financial mess.

Thursday, January 26, 2012  Bumps, lumps, and patches cover North Old Georgetown Road in the Scranton Community of Florence County.  People who travel the road say there are no reflectors or lane markings.

Thursday, January 26, 2012  The director of South Carolina's transportation department says residents should be paving their own driveways.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012  NewsChannel 15 has received a couple of calls and emails about the damage at the bottom on the Robert Edge Parkway bridge, also known as the Main Street Connector in North Myrtle Beach.

Thursday, October 20, 2011  Work on an Interstate 73 interchange near Dillon will continue for now, though the bond issue to pay for the project was brought into question again Thursday.