Traffic Loop Planned for 2016 Beach Biker Rally

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Law enforcement officials say that a 23-mile one-way traffic loop will be used again next Memorial Day weekend for security during the Atlantic Beach Bikefest on South Carolina’s Grand Strand.

The Sun News of Myrtle Beach (http://bit.ly/1lNpccF ) reports that a safety task force is working out details for the weekend but that the loop instituted last May will again be implemented.

The task force was formed after three people were killed in eight separate shootings during the 2014 Bikefest. There were no shooting deaths last Memorial Day weekend in the area.

Memorial Day attracts thousands of visitors to the Myrtle Beach area for the bike rally and for the first long weekend of the summer season.