State collects gas taxes but spends little of it here
Posted 12/27/18
Despite millions in new gas taxes, the state has spent little on Lexington County roads and bridges. The Department of Transportation is sitting on most of the hundreds of millions of dollars …
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State collects gas taxes but spends little of it here
The state has been slow to use millions of dollars in higher gas taxes to repair our county’s roads.
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Despite millions in new gas taxes, the state has spent little on Lexington County roads and bridges. The Department of Transportation is sitting on most of the hundreds of millions of dollars collected over the last 75 months. Less than $9 million, or 2.7%, of the $324.2 million collected since July 1, 2017, was spent on any projects, few of them in the county. Yet traffic congestion grows and roads and bridges become increasingly unsafe.
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