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State task force brings multi-jurisdiction flooding discussion to James Island; site visits, grant pursuit and a proposed sales-tax expansion highlighted
Summary
At a quarterly Charleston County Flooding Task Force in James Island, legislators and agency staff heard public flooding complaints, pledged on-site reviews for problem hotspots and previewed a bill to let future transportation sales-tax requests include related flooding infrastructure projects.
State Senator Ed Sutton opened the Charleston County intergovernmental flooding task force meeting in James Island and framed the group as a coordinating body for multi-jurisdictional flooding problems. "This is state government coming to the people," Sutton said, thanking the town and noting the task force will travel around the county to gather issues and increase participation.
The meeting combined public comment with updates from county and city stormwater staff. Task-force staff reported roughly 390 requests since 2018 with nearly 200 still in progress; staff emphasized that the task force acts when residents submit issues through the online portal. Sutton and staff pledged a site visit to a high-priority complaint within 60 days and urged constituents to file portal entries so staff can open action plans.
Officials also previewed a legislative effort to expand the allowable use of future transportation sales-tax proceeds to include flooding projects directly tied to transportation work. "What that bill does, would allow, future transportation sales tax... greater flexibility to include, flooding infrastructure projects in those requests," Sutton said, and he cautioned the measure will be pursued in the next session.
