Citizens group releases video explaining road referendum benefits
October 6, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – The Citizens for a Better Greenville continue to educate voters about the November roads referendum with the release of their latest video, which explains the benefits of implementing the proposed one-cent sales tax.
The three-minute video features Lisa Stevens, chair of the Citizens Advisory Commission that conducted the original roads study for County Council. Stevens explains the safeguards put in place to ensure that the projects chosen for the referendum were truly what the community wanted, and to ensure that the money raised is actually used to fix the roads.
Benefits of the referendum include reduced traffic and commute times, especially along Woodruff Road, where a parallel route is planned. There are also serious safety benefits to the referendum, including building sidewalks around the many Greenville County schools that don’t currently have them, and widening roads that don’t currently have enough shoulder to prevent over-correction.
If voters choose not to pass the referendum, Stevens explains that under the current State DOT repair schedule, Greenville County residents will have to wait up to 82 years to have all of our roads repaired.
Citizens for a Better Greenville County hopes the short, informational video reaches voters in a nontraditional way.
“We want to people to know that the roads in Greenville are in bad shape, and there is a viable option to fixing them, no matter how we have to get that message out there,” said Bob Knight, chairman of the group.
The video can also be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEK5_m41DDg&feature=youtu.be.
About The Citizens for a Better Greenville County:
Citizens for a Better Greenville is a coalition of Greenville residents, businesses, and nonprofits working to pass the November, one-cent sales tax referendum. The tax is limited to a period of eight years, and will fund needed road and infrastructure improvement projects including road resurfacing, intersection improvements, bridge improvements, and sidewalks around schools. The group lists safety, economic development, quality of life and monetary control of roads funding as key reasons to pass the referendum.
Go to www.greenvillecounty.org and click on the November Referendum to read the entire list of projects.
