After years of controversy, the Myrtle Beach Community Appearance Board has dealt what could be a knockout blow to plans to build a new terminal at Myrtle Beach International Airport.

After a more than six-hour long meeting, the board refused to vote a second time on granting Horry County the building permits it needs to make the terminal a reality.

In December, the board rejected a request for the permits, after board members expressed concerns that the new terminal would negatively impact people living nearby.

At the time, board members criticized county officials for not providing them with the answers they needed to approve the project.

On Thursday, the county brought a team of experts who covered every aspect of the project, answering hours worth of questions, but in the end, the board refused to vote on the request a second time.

"I don't have any fight left in me. I've been working on this for a long time, a lot of us have we thought this was a greet idea for the county, for the Grand Strand and for the city of Myrtle Beach and maybe we should have given up along time ago," said County Council Char Liz Gilliand.

Questions lingered over parking, traffic flow, and the overall design of the project.

James Bellamy and his family own several properties right along the edge of the proposed terminal. We're just concerned about the traffic flow. It's going to be much harder to exit on the by-pass if they don't do something on the frontage road," said Bellamy.

Despite the board's decision, Gilliand has called a special meeting to discuss a resolution accepting the $182,000,000 maximum guaranteed price provided to the county by the project's lead contractor.

That meeting will take place at 12:00 p.m. on Friday in the council chambers in Conway.

News 13 will be at that meeting, and will keep you up to date right here on scnow.com.