Freeway or Wetlands

As of this morning the United States Enviormental Protection Agency (EPA) is recommending the state to deny a wetlands permit to build a new freeway to Myrtle Beach. There are some positives to a new freeway: easier access to the beach, shorter travel times, tourisim increase, and more jobs. But the cons out weigh the pros in the situation. The freeway would be built over and fill two-hundred seventy-two wetlands. This would cover a large portion of the Little Pee Dee River and Lake Swamp. Both are habitats for many organisims native to South Carolina and do not need to be destroyed. The new freeway would also cross a large nature preserve on the Little Pee Dee, black bear and a variety of bird species live along that area and the free way would rid them of their homes.
In my eyes the EPA is completely right here and the state needs to follow their word. Access to Myrtle Beach is already easy, the roads are plentiful; though a new freeway would create more jobs, I do not believe it is necessary or worth all the loss. I remember the Lake Wylie area before all the new buildings and larger roads were here and I would not like to see the entire state turn into booming towns and cities that branch off of freeways. Maybe some letters should be written or something should be done

http://www.heraldonline.com/2011/05/04/3038776/epa-fights-beach-freeway-denies.html