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The CCL and their NIMBY supporters goal is to delay finishing 526 until it is becomes cost prohibitive. They know the project is not dead. The $700 million today becomes $800 million tomorrow and on and on. 526 could and should have been completed 30 years ago for probably around $200-300 million. Maybe less.
526 will get completed someday due to relentless pressure from tax paying residents that will drown out the fake arguments and deception from the CCL and their NIMBY friends.
But the real blame lies at the steps of Charleston County Council. Another story of disappointment and ineffective leadership. Also, former Mayor Riley and Chas City Council being late in coming to the party did not help. Shame on them all.
Get ready for higher gas taxes, higher sales taxes and tolls. Yes, it will take all three.
Thank you, Dana Beach.
I can't agree with you more, but this time I do believe that this so called CCL like most of the rest of South Carolina are just opposed to "Charleston". They figure they can stop the growth here so their state capital can remain the largest city in the state. Silly, yes, but that's the way they think.
Same kind of thinking when they started another state supported medical college in this poor state. Instead of developing 'one' great medical school, they wanted Columbia to have their own. And because of that the MUSC lost a very good burn hospital. Only two states in the union with two state supported medical schools, La. and SC and both are poor, as if they can afford them.
Bottom line I-526 "will' be completed, but the cost will be so great it may parallel Big Dig in Boston.
Houston grew as a port city and energy center because it wasn't afraid to build much needed infrastructure.
Charleston is no longer a quaint southern town. Mayor Riley unleashed a level of growth and popularity that may not stop for another 40 years. If saving John' Island is the goal, it's too late. People will sell their land to the highest bidder which as we've seen is usually a real estate developer. It's not the developer's fault that land is available.
John's Island and outlying areas will continue to be developed. Your solution for dealing with traffic is what, exactly?
Let me know when there are plans to widen Main Road and Maybank Highway to six lanes each. I know four lanes for each is likely and are somewhere in the planning stages.
The problem is only not that 526 will not be completed. The problem ls that it won't be completed, the bike lane over the Ashley won't be installed, the mess at 26/526 won't be addressed, CARTA won't be improved, new transit lines won't be added, etc etc
Hell I was against 526 but it would have been nice to see the state of SC accomplish some transportation project that they set their mind to. Is it the ideal solution, in my opinion? Hell no...but the lack of ability to move forward on any infrastructure project is maddening.
Keep bragging about your low gas taxes SC, but next time you complain about 526 not being completed or the perpetual traffic nightmares, remember how lucky you are to be paying among the lowest gas taxes in the country :rollseyes:
Edit: I lived in Charleston for a few years. Could never understand the infatuation with it despite the horrible transportation system, constant flooding, and disparity between rich/poor (ie: white and black). Luckily for y'all, that's one less northerner driving up your rents and clogging up your highways, but sadly for y'all, your problems regarding traffic and segregation/separation of services is gonna be with you for generations as long as there's this resistance to change. If it makes you feel better, I let the door hit me in the a$$ on the way out, but I still want to see the city be successful. Sadly I think you guys are digging a huge hole with some of this stuff. 6 lane highways are a solution, but they aren't the only solution.
Keep bragging about your low gas taxes SC, but next time you complain about 526 not being completed or the perpetual traffic nightmares, remember how lucky you are to be paying among the lowest gas taxes in the country :rollseyes:
I doubt raising the gas tax will completely address all transportation needs in South Carolina.
The problem is only not that 526 will not be completed. The problem ls that it won't be completed, the bike lane over the Ashley won't be installed, the mess at 26/526 won't be addressed, CARTA won't be improved, new transit lines won't be added, etc etc
Hell I was against 526 but it would have been nice to see the state of SC accomplish some transportation project that they set their mind to. Is it the ideal solution, in my opinion? Hell no...but the lack of ability to move forward on any infrastructure project is maddening.
Keep bragging about your low gas taxes SC, but next time you complain about 526 not being completed or the perpetual traffic nightmares, remember how lucky you are to be paying among the lowest gas taxes in the country :rollseyes:
Edit: I lived in Charleston for a few years. Could never understand the infatuation with it despite the horrible transportation system, constant flooding, and disparity between rich/poor (ie: white and black). Luckily for y'all, that's one less northerner driving up your rents and clogging up your highways, but sadly for y'all, your problems regarding traffic and segregation/separation of services is gonna be with you for generations as long as there's this resistance to change. If it makes you feel better, I let the door hit me in the a$$ on the way out, but I still want to see the city be successful. Sadly I think you guys are digging a huge hole with some of this stuff. 6 lane highways are a solution, but they aren't the only solution.
It is by most metrics successful. It's just a successful city with traffic problems that come with it.
It is frustrating that adding a few more miles of interstate is a decades long project.
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