South Carolina § 57-5-1070 - Acquisition of property for controlled-access facilities; rights of abutting owners.

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§ 57-5-1070. Acquisition of property for controlled-access facilities; rights of abutting owners.

The Department may acquire such lands and property, including rights of access, as may be needed for controlled-access facilities, by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, in the same manner as now or hereafter authorized by law for acquiring property or property rights in connection with other State highways. Along new highway locations abutting property owners shall not be entitled, as a matter of right, to access to such new locations, and any denial of such rights of access shall not be deemed as grounds for special damages.

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 33-217; 1956 (49) 1594.

Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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