Charleston County is seeking to tax residents to pay for the outdated, overpriced Mark Clark/I-526 Extension by asking voters to extend a transportation sales tax for 25 years. Nearly half of all the money that would be collected until roughly 2050 would go to pay for one 9-mile-long road that would damage the environment, displace homes and businesses, and only be used by a fraction of Charleston County residents. That’s a bad deal for Charleston County taxpayers.
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Charleston County 2024 Sales Tax ReferendumComparing Costs of the I-526 Extension
For perspective, we put together a list of comparison projects to show just how expensive building the I-526 Extension really is, and how far that money could go if spent on more strategic regional priorities.
Charleston County is on the hook to provide the vast majority of the funding required for the I-526 Extension because the project IS NOT a priority for state or federal funding. Now, Charleston County leaders are asking taxpayers to foot the bill. Please plan to attend one of these meetings and tell county officials that 526 Ain’t the Fix!