News Release

William Hilton Parkway Gateway Corridor Independent Review Advisory Committee Holds First Meeting

May 4, 2023

The William Hilton Parkway Gateway Corridor Independent Review Advisory Committee has started the process to seek an independent review of the corridor project.

The advisory committee held its first meeting on Monday, April 17, and is scheduled to meet again at 9:30 am on Friday, May 12 at Town Hall.

The Town Council created the advisory committee by resolution on February 21 and announced committee members, consisting of four area residents and one Hilton Head Island Town Council member, at its March 23 meeting. They include:

• One Town Council member - Mayor Alan Perry.
• One current or former licensed professional engineer - Charles Walczak.
• One citizen and an alternate from the Stoney Community - Willie Young (member) and Herbert Ford (alternate).
• Two at-large citizen members - Diederik Advocaat and Edward Warner.

The Advisory Committee will play an integral part in the Town’s comprehensive study of the William Hilton Parkway Gateway Corridor Project. For this review, the Town is hiring an independent specialist to conduct an end-to-end simulation of traffic flows and analyze the project, which includes areas from the mainland intersections at Moss Creek Drive and Buckingham Plantation Drive to the intersection of Indigo Run Drive/Whooping Crane Way with William Hilton Parkway business route and to Sea Pines Circle on the Cross Island Parkway route.

The Advisory Committee will work in conjunction with a technical review team designated by the Town Manager and focus on the following:

• Review and assess the Town’s request for qualifications and all responses for an independent consultant.
• Identify firms to be considered as a “Preferred Consultant” and review consultant proposals.
• Recommend to Town Council which “Preferred Consultant” to pursue contract negotiations with.
• Work with Town staff to guide the work of the selected consultant to complete the independent review, including delivery of findings and recommendations from the consultant and advisory committee through Town staff to Town Council.

For more information about the William Hilton Parkway Gateway Corridor Independent Review Advisory Committee, visit hiltonheadislandsc.gov.