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Town official urges Seabrook Island residents to flood county with comments after road project omitted
Summary
Town officials said Seabrook Island Road did not appear on Charleston County’s preliminary 2026 transportation‑tax project list and urged residents to submit comments—targeting roughly 500 messages—to increase the project’s chance of inclusion on a possible November ballot.
A town official urged Seabrook Island residents to submit public comments to Charleston County after the preliminary list of featured projects for a possible 2026 transportation sales‑tax referendum did not include Seabrook Island Road. The official said a strong volume of local comments could influence whether the project appears on a final ballot proposal.
The town official recounted that a similar half‑percent transportation sales tax was defeated two years ago and said the county has again been taking preliminary project nominations. “We want Seabrook Island Road now. We need Seabrook Island Road,” the official said, urging residents to use a short, direct message in the county’s online questionnaire if they lack time for a longer submission.
Why it matters: town leaders say Seabrook Island has contributed historically to the county sales tax stream but has not seen that revenue returned in local capital projects; the official cited approximately $18 million collected from the town over the past two decades and projected receipts of roughly $20–25 million over the next 25 years as a rationale for seeking a modest local allocation (town officials discussed asking for about $4–5 million for a critical road project).
How residents can help: the official and local organizations plan to distribute an email with a prewritten comment and a link to the county questionnaire; a resident, Jane Marvin, suggested a single‑click template to make participation easier. The town official emphasized volume: “If everyone can take two minutes…we need to get those numbers into the county,” the official said, adding that endorsements or comments from hospital systems such as MUSC could help but would not substitute for the town’s own public comment volume.
Timing and next steps: meeting participants noted a county public‑comment deadline around March 31 and several nearby public meetings; the town said it will circulate handouts and the link to the county questionnaire and is aiming for roughly 500 distinct Seabrook Island comments to improve the project’s chances in the county’s selection process.
Attribution: The call for comments and the numerical figures above come from the town official’s remarks. Resident Techman asked the initial question about the county list; Jane Marvin suggested a template for residents.
