ElectionThursday, November 5
Charleston County voters extend the half-cent transportation sales tax for 25 years
The Morning Mount Pleasant team
If you live in Mount Pleasant, this vote funds a project near you. Charleston County voters chose to keep the half-cent transportation sales tax. The Post and Courier reports both related questions passed with nearly 64% of the vote in early results, to be certified later this week. The tax is expected to generate $4.25 billion over 25 years.
Roads get the biggest slice of the $4.25 billion
Source: Post and Courier
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Roads | $2,700 million |
| CARTA transit | $858 million |
| Greenbelt Program | $690 million |
Mount Pleasant has a line on the project list: redesigning the intersection of Highway 17 and Houston Northcutt Boulevard. Past transportation taxes helped widen U.S. 17 here. Voters rejected a 2024 tax that would have mainly funded the Mark Clark Extension, so the county sought input from local mayors and residents. Council Chairman Joe Boykin said this will span 25 years.
- Rate: no increase over the sales tax you pay now
- Old tax: expires next year
- Also funded: Battery seawall extension, U.S. 17 South widening in West Ashley
- Also funded: North Charleston overpass where rail crosses Rivers Avenue
Voters said yes after a campaign that raised $1 million or more
- $4.25 billion
- expected over the next 25 years
- nearly 64%
- voted yes on both transportation questions
- $1 million
- or more raised by the Yes for CHS campaign
- 200,000
- voters the campaign could reach, strategist Logan McVey said
Source: Post and Courier
Sources: Live 5 News, Post and Courier, WCIV