Horry County broke ground Wednesday morning on a new boat landing near the intersection of Highway 17 Bypass and Highway 22 (the Conway Bypass).
The landing will be on the Intracoastal Waterway, just north of the intersection.
There is one boat landing with paved parking nine miles to the north and another 13 miles to the south.
The new $1.5 million landing will have a 28-foot wide, two-lane concrete boat ramp. It will have a 200 linear foot floating dock along the shoreline that will connect to the boat ramp. The paved parking lot will have parking spaces sized to accommodate 40 vehicles with boat trailers. Access to the site will be provided from Kings Road between US Highway 17 and the Myrtle Beach Mall. Sidewalks will also be installed from the parking lot to the boat ramp and floating dock.
Horry County says the boat landing is a cooperative project.
The County Transportation Committee paid to provide the access road and parking lot. The boat ramp and other related items are funded by the Horry County Recreation Department, US Fish and Wildlife Services, and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
Construction is expected to take six months and completion is anticipated at the end of March 2013.
