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Jasper County engineer details $470 million 1% sales-tax program, residents press for rural road fixes
Summary
Engineering director Jim Iwaneky briefed the Jasper County Planning Commission on a voter-approved 1% sales tax program capped at $470 million — about $376 million for road projects and $94 million for greenbelt work — and outlined priority projects, timelines and limits; residents pressed staff on why rural gravel roads were not prioritized.
Jim Iwaneky, Jasper County's director of engineering services, told the planning commission the county is moving forward with a voter-approved 1% sales tax program to fund transportation and greenbelt projects.
"The biggest thing we're working on right now is 1% sales tax," Iwaneky said. He described the program as a $470,000,000 effort, with bonding authority of up to $150,000,000. "The split on that money is 80/20, which is $376,000,000 for roads and $94,000,000 for greenbelt projects," he said, listing top priorities that include an Exit 18/US 117 interchange, Levy Road construction and intersection improvements on SC 336.
Iwaneky said the project list was developed before the referendum and then recommended to county council by a steering committee made up of the…
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