This proposal would add two new bridges, at a cost of $420 million dollars, to Johns Island, just South of Charleston. The originial route of the Mark Clark was drawn some 30 years ago. Some people believe the road should be "finished." But state-of-the-art transportation modelling shows this excessively expensive leg of the bypass would do very little to solve congestion on major Charleston roads.

It is a prime example of how a misguided, indefensible road project, at breathtaking cost, can rise to the top of a region's priority list with no objective scrutiny. This is a classic example of individuals "asserting" the road is needed for hurricane evacuation and congestion relief without one shred of evidence that the road will do any such thing.