Jul 2, 2021
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Department of Transportation is starting a new 2021-2022 paving program, but they say it will require drivers to pay two more cents per gallon at the pump.
SCDOT officials say the project will result in nearly 1,000 more miles of the state’s roads being rehabilitated and resurfaced during the coming two years.
The Transportation Commission approved the plan during its May 20 meeting, the SCDOT says.
The paving program will be funded by an estimated $642 million of revenues from the state gas tax, which officials say will increase an additional two cents effective Thursday.