MEGGETT, S.C. (WCSC) — A request to build a vehicular bridge near Meggett is currently being reviewed in court.

A developer has been trying to build a private vehicular bridge to provide access to a coastal island for a development within the ACE Basin, and environmental groups have been pushing against it since it was first introduced in 2021. The bridge is known as the Bay Light Bridge and would connect to 9.7 acres of highland and 75 acres of marsh at the junction of Landing Creek and the west side of Toogoodoo Creek.

“If you ignore the regulations and allow this bridge to go forward, that is a terrible precedent to set,” South Carolina Environmental Law Project senior attorney Leslie Lenhardt, who represented the Coastal Conservation League, said.