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July 7, 2025


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Highway 41 Corridor Improvements: Fact vs. Fiction

Monday, July 7, 2025

On July 8, you will have an opportunity to speak up in support of a balanced compromise for Highway 41.   In 2020, Charleston County proposed widening Highway 41 to five lanes through the historic Phillips community, but given concerns expressed by residents and advocacy from the Conservation League and our partners, it shelved that initial plan and designed a Compromise Alternative. This compromise balances the needs of all communities along…

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GROUPS APPEAL HARMFUL SEPTIC RULING

Monday, July 7, 2025

On June 27, 2025, the Charleston Waterkeeper and Coastal Conservation League filed a notice of appeal in the South Carolina Court of Appeals in a case considering septic tank permits and the unique realities of the coast, where development pressures and climate impacts compound management challenges. The appeal challenges a lower court’s ruling that the state Department of Environmental Services (DES) is not required to apply Coastal Management Program policies in…

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