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Subcommittee extends DOT's utility-relocation coordination sunset for five years
Summary
The panel gave H.3768 a favorable 7-0 report to extend a 2019 law that created coordination and limited cost-sharing between SCDOT and water/wastewater utilities for relocation work, allowing the program to continue while stakeholders evaluate metrics.
The Transportation Subcommittee voted 7-0 to give H.3768 a favorable report, extending the sunset provision in legislation enacted in 2019 that improved coordination between the South Carolina Department of Transportation and water and wastewater utilities on relocation work tied to road projects.
Earl Hunter, testifying on behalf of three water and wastewater associations, said the 2019 law allowed SCDOT to help coordinate relocations, in some cases cover up to 100% of relocation costs for smaller utilities (utilities serving fewer than 10,000 people), and reduced long project…
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