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Charleston council forwards final transportation-sales-tax priorities to county
Summary
Council unanimously agreed to send a final list of transportation-sales-tax priorities to Charleston County after a presentation highlighting road, drainage and pedestrian projects; city staff said the county TST could raise about $4.2 billion and the city’s share was estimated near half.
Mayor Cogswell presented the City of Charleston’s final priorities for a county transportation sales tax (TST), telling the council the county estimate for the TST is approximately $4.2 billion and the city’s share is roughly half of that. He said the list prioritizes road safety, flood mitigation and pedestrian improvements across the city, naming projects on John’s Island (Maybank widening and related intersection work), River Road, Lockwood Drive and Haygood on the Peninsula, East Bay/Concord/Morrison…
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