Most of the property being acquired on the south side of I-26 is undevelopable marshland.

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com/business/real_estate/north-charleston-green-space-interstate-26-cosgrove-azalea-beach-company/article_8b6a6d62-6c3d-11ee-90c3-37cc31fbd8af.html

Prior to the construction of the canal, there were no buildings and the area was common land and marshland known as Collier’s Reach and Borough Marsh.

Source: https://www.essexlive.news/whats-on/stunning-riverside-walk-ends-essexs-8560180

The creek itself now appears to be less of a creek and more of a marshland with no discernable bank to speak of.

Source: https://www.keizertimes.com/2023/12/21/who-manages-claggett-creek/

Today, more than 600 properties in that area are being returned to nature and a salt marsh created where deer and turkeys, rabbits and racoons are already moving in. That marshland will, in turn, create a buffer for the homes that remain.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/07/if-emissions-continue-to-rise-will-we-all-be-migrants-one-day/

We don’t want any power plant or polluting activity inside the marshland.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/waste-to-energy-plants-planned-in-chennai-may-run-into-opposition/article67501085.ece