Kiawah Island Parkway improvements nearing completion VIDEO: Kiawah Island Parkway improvements nearing completion By Summer Huechtker | January 12, 2021 at 6:09 AM EST - Updated January 12 at 7:37 AM KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - The Kiawah Island Parkway improvement project is nearing completion after seeing another unexpected delay. Kiawah Island Parkway before renovations. (Source: Kiawah Town Council plans) Back in the Fall, the town of Kiawah Island started on Phase 2 of the project, with the expectation of finishing in December. Now, they hope to be finished with Phase 2, which is mostly landscaping work, by the middle of February. This includes removing overgrown vegetation to improve the appearance of the marsh from the parkway and to enhance the pedestrian paths along the parkway.