Yeh... I remember. Ralph Norman campaigned on investigating and fixing this, but Pam the Scam -- 😡😡😡
Remember when South Carolina hiked the gas tax in 2017 by a full 12 cents a gallon, phased in over six years, and swore up and down every extra dollar would go straight to fixing South Carolina’s crumbling roads and bridges? Yeah, that Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund was supposed to be the magic bullet.
Billion$$$ collected later and our roads are still a freakin' war zone of potholes, alligator cracking, faded striping, and bridges that look like they’re auditioning for a collapse video.
They doubled DOT spending and road conditions actually got worse. Acceptable pavement dropped while the taxman kept his hand in our pockets every time we filled up.
Where the hell did the money go?
More bureaucrats, more studies, more asphalt that lasts six months before it turns into Swiss cheese again?
South Carolinians are paying premium prices at the pump for the same third-rate roads we had before the “fix.”
Classic government bait-and-switch.
Stop lying about “progress” and either fix the d@mn roads or give the money back.