SCDOT plans more paving projects for year 2 of the 10-Year Plan to Rebuild SC’s Road
June 29, 2018
South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has experienced a record-breaking year in the first year of the agency’s 10-Year Plan to Rebuild SC’s Road. For the first time in the agency’s history, the total amount of road and bridge work underway on the state’s highways has exceeded $3 billion.
A key component of the 10-year plan is a dramatic increase in the paving program across the state. In year 1, SCDOT has awarded contracts totaling 2200 miles, more than a doubling of the paving program. The 10-year plan calls for another doubling of the paving program as the gas tax increase is fully phased-in.
On Thursday, June 21, 2018, the SCDOT Commission added to the first year success by approving a $417 million paving program which represents approximately 600 miles of additional ranked paving projects for year 2, the next year of the 10-Year Plan which begins on July1, 2018.
SCDOT Commissioner Robby Robbins represents the 1st Congressional District and serves as the Commission’s Vice Chairman. Robbins said, “The state’s highway system has been in a deep hole for many years due to a lack of funding. Yet our state continued to grow in population and development. The 10-Year Plan is a strategic first step to make the repairs that are up to three decades overdue on 42,000 miles of highway and over 8400 bridges.”
A link to the county-by-county paving project list for 2019 is available here:
http://www.scdot-transfer.org/scdotphotos/Pavements2018_release.pdf
