FLORENCE, S.C. -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says his department will help make Interstate 73 a reality, but it must also be a priority for West Virginia and other states from Michigan to South Carolina.
FLORENCE, S.C. -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says his department will help make Interstate 73 a reality, but it must also be a priority for West Virginia and other states from Michigan to South Carolina.
Several media outlets report LaHood made the comment at a gathering of lawmakers and others in Florence on Friday.
LaHood said the governors of Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina must decide on priorities with Congress preparing to reauthorize the federal highway bill.
I-73 now exists only in North Carolina, but a proposed expansion would take the highway across six states, from Grayling, Mich., to Myrtle Beach, S.C. In West Virginia, the highway would follow the current route of U.S. 52 between Bluefield and Huntington.
The highway is considered crucial to South Carolina because it would provide the first interstate link to Myrtle Beach, the heart of the state's $18 billion tourism industry.
FLORENCE, S.C. -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says his department will help make Interstate 73 a reality, but it must also be a priority for West Virginia and other states from Michigan to South Carolina.
Several media outlets report LaHood made the comment at a gathering of lawmakers and others in Florence on Friday.
LaHood said the governors of Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina must decide on priorities with Congress preparing to reauthorize the federal highway bill.
I-73 now exists only in North Carolina, but a proposed expansion would take the highway across six states, from Grayling, Mich., to Myrtle Beach, S.C. In West Virginia, the highway would follow the current route of U.S. 52 between Bluefield and Huntington.
The highway is considered crucial to South Carolina because it would provide the first interstate link to Myrtle Beach, the heart of the state's $18 billion tourism industry.
