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If Fla. and Ga. can widen I-95 with out paying for tolls. Why can't S.C.?
By time S. C. gets around to it, they should be planning on 4 lanes each way 'Now".
This state is always behind in everything, yet they think they are doing a good job.
Literally just drove 4 thru Orlando a week ago and they’re completely redoing the entire stretch of it thru the area. Felt like a good 15-20 miles. And they’ve gotta be doing a lot more than widening it. Looks like they’re adding another whole interstate, elevated ramps and all.
Exactly. It's called the I-4 ultimate and honestly was 15 years past dude. When finished, this 20 some mile stretch of urban interstate will be much much wider and have tolled Lexus lanes on it.
However 95 in SC only runs through rural areas and is still woefully in need of expansion. Not comparable to Orlando's problem but I hear ya.
If Fla. and Ga. can widen I-95 with out paying for tolls. Why can't S.C.?
By time S. C. gets around to it, they should be planning on 4 lanes each way 'Now".
This state is always behind in everything, yet they think they are doing a good job.
The majority of Florida’s major cities are along I-95. For Florida’s tourism driven economy, I-95 is the money pipeline that people use to drop tourism money in the state. Even with that, Florida just widened I-95 fairly recently.
Georgia’s answer to paying for that 3rd lane, is to have a state trooper behind every overpass and keep inconsistent speed limits throughout the state.
SC and NC has nothing alone 95 (the coastal cities are connected by 17).
If the sole purpose of an interstate is just to connect all the states together, the Feds should pay for most of the bill.
About effing time - I've driven I-95 in SC ONCE - drove to Jacksonville last year from Greenville - I-95 in SC was a nightmare and traffic south was STOPPED (no accidents) on a Saturday - the SC portion of I-95 is in complete disrepair and an embarrassment - crossing into GA on I-95 South was like time traveling into the 21st century
Let me guess, you were stopped on the SC side about 10 miles from the GA border? Then you got into GA and everything picked up again? It happens to me every time I go to Jacksonville.
What doesn’t make sense is that traffic is fine for the vast majority of 95 in SC. Then just before you get outside of GA where there’s 3 lanes things actually slow down instead of speed up. Coming back to SC where the road is narrowing, the traffic speeds pretty much stay the same.
It’s not so much the interstate itself as it is running into the only metro on 95 (which just so happens to also be right where that 3 lane starts after being on a rural highway for hours. Traffic in SC really clears out once you close to 17, as it siphons off almost half the traffic.
Exactly. It's called the I-4 ultimate and honestly was 15 years past dude. When finished, this 20 some mile stretch of urban interstate will be much much wider and have tolled Lexus lanes on it.
However 95 in SC only runs through rural areas and is still woefully in need of expansion. Not comparable to Orlando's problem but I hear ya.
The answer Orlando has to everything is pay to play. If you don’t mind paying up you can get around fairly quickly. That left everybody else stuck with outdated I-4 which turned into a parking lot every rush hour. What was frustrating was I-4 is the most direct route. The toll roads go out of the way, so what you make up in speed you lose in distance. Then they decide to rework the entire stretch of I-4 all at the same time. You’re right about it being 15 years past due. They were too reliant on the toll roads.
If the sole purpose of an interstate is just to connect all the states together, the Feds should pay for most of the bill.
That would be nice! I think the best South Carolina can do is get the feds to pay for a part of widening I-95.
North Carolina announced they are going to finally start widening I-95, starting with a 25 mile section from I-95 Business/U.S. 301 (Exit 56) in Cumberland County and I-40 (Exit 81) in Johnston County, including all of Harnett County.
They going from 2 lanes to 4 lanes throughout that section and right now the budgeted cost for that project is $709 million with $147 million (20% of the total cost) coming from a federal program known as Infrastructure for Rebuilding America, or INFRA.
It seems like South Carolina with probably be widening the southernmost 33 miles of I-95 first with a cost of $1.2 Billion and only going from 2 lanes to 3 lanes in each direction with construction not starting until at least 2023.
That would be nice! I think the best South Carolina can do is get the feds to pay for a part of widening I-95.
North Carolina announced they are going to finally start widening I-95, starting with a 25 mile section from I-95 Business/U.S. 301 (Exit 56) in Cumberland County and I-40 (Exit 81) in Johnston County, including all of Harnett County.
They going from 2 lanes to 4 lanes throughout that section and right now the budgeted cost for that project is $709 million with $147 million (20% of the total cost) coming from a federal program known as Infrastructure for Rebuilding America, or INFRA.
It seems like South Carolina with probably be widening the southernmost 33 miles of I-95 first with a cost of $1.2 Billion and only going from 2 lanes to 3 lanes in each direction with construction not starting until at least 2023.
That first 33 miles is the majority of the problem. That would both better transition into Savannah’s traffic to prevent the backups into SC, and help dispel the illusion that the traffic is due to SC not spending enough on 95. Just arbitrarily widening entire lengths of highway just because the neighbors are doing it isn’t an efficient use of resources.
I’m not sure how the federal infrastructure spending allocation works, but it would seem that more of a percentage should be allotted to states the benefit the least from interstate improvements. If NC and SC only need a wider 95 so that New Yorkers can get to Disney faster, then the majority of the funding should come from the feds. If SC wants to widen 26 so Greenville and Columbia can ship more goods to Charleston faster, the state should cover the majority of the cost.
If SC wants to widen 26 so Greenville and Columbia can ship more goods to Charleston faster, the state should cover the majority of the cost.
If that's the case, then the state is so far behind in widening I-26. The truck traffic on that road is insane.
Greenville and Columbia have big wide intrastates, but the lower part of the state that handles all the trucks into the port suffer.
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