MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) – Starting Tuesday March 17, you will notice some traffic changes at the intersection of Seaboard Street at Commons Avenue.
Crews will install a new stop sign near the intersection that leads into the Seaboard Commons center. It’s the exit from U.S. 17 that takes drivers into the Seaboard Commons center, which includes Lowe’s and Target.
The city is in the process of reversing which drivers have to stop at that intersection. Currently, vehicles on Seaboard Street must stop for traffic on Commons Avenue.
It’s something that hasn’t changed since the road opened 20 years ago but city leaders told News13 the traffic patterns are different now.
“The DOT originally thought that traffic might back up coming off U.S. 17 headed into that shopping center. That has never occurred so we figured Seaboard gets much more traffic, let’s switch the stops so that Seaboard is the through road,” City spokesperson Mark Kruea said.
As part of the changeover, a four-way stop will be installed – temporarily – so that drivers on Commons Avenue have time to adjust. Then, on or about March 31, the four-way stop will become a two-way stop, with drivers on Seaboard Street getting the go-ahead and drivers on Commons Avenue getting the stop signs.
