Hicks: Byars brings some sanity, and actual issues, to the Lowcountry congressional race

Byars said he wants to go to Washington to fix a broken system, and get federal funding to improve local infrastructure that is 40 years out of date. He’d like to cut the federal red tape that can delay road projects by two decades, which is how long it took to get all the permits for the newly opened Berlin G. Myers extension.

He also wants to protect federal land, which some lawmakers and the current administration have proposed selling, so developers can’t buy the Francis Marion National Forest … and extend Mount Pleasant all the way to Georgetown....

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