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Panel backs bill letting SCDOT use its contracting for rest areas, planning
Summary
The Transportation Subcommittee gave H.3801 a favorable report after SCDOT staff said the bill would let the agency use its road-and-bridge procurement authority for vertical structures in highway rights of way and for broader transportation planning, unlocking roughly $4,000,000 in federal planning funds annually.
The Transportation Subcommittee on Education and Public Works on a favorable 6-0 vote recommended H.3801, a bill that would allow the South Carolina Department of Transportation to use its project-specific procurement authority for vertical structures in highway rights of way and for transportation planning beyond individual road or bridge projects.
SCDOT representatives said the change is intended to streamline procurements and make the agency eligible for roughly $4,000,000 a year in Federal Highway Administration planning funds that the agency cannot access under the general state procurement rules. "This bill is about efficiency, streamlining, and applying more common sense to some of our…
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