Rep. Gary Simrill of York County has proposed that the state of South Carolina give control of some of the states 41,414 miles of road over to local county governments. South Carolina ranks 4th in terms of the largest road systems with Texas, North Carolina, and Virginia with larger road systems.
Many people see this as passing the buck to local governments and avoiding the pressing issue of fixing South Carolina roads. Simrill who is the chairman of the House special transportation committee disagrees with this notion saying that he wants give control of the less traveled roads to the counties. He is considering several solutions to fixing SC roads one of which is having SC citizens vote in 2016 to increase the current 6% sales tax by 1 cent. He also has floated the idea of doing away with the current gas tax all together.
Since Governor Haley vowed to veto any legislation that involves and increase in the state gas tax, an increase in the states 49th lowest gas tax in the nation.
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