The issue of road improvement is one that is a large issue in this coming years legislative session. A new projection by a S.C. commission predicts the state will need to spend another $60 billion during the next 25 years on its roads. And the state lacks the money to do it. The plan, just released by the S.C. Transportation Commission, puts state revenue projections at only $28 billion during that period, meaning South Carolina will be about $1.5 billion short each year of meeting its road needs.
There are several different plans put on the table by SC Legislators to fix the worsening state infrastructure system. One of those proposals that seems to be dead upon arrival. Specifically the proposed legislation that would be transferring maintenance of roads to the counties in which they exist.
Governor Nikki Haley and her office are scheduled to release a plan ahead of the SC General Assembly in January, to address the road issue without raising the states gas tax rate
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