Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund

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No bad bridges fixed under gas-tax-hike law, slow progress with other funds

June 12, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT The state transportation department hasn’t replaced one bad bridge with gas-tax-hike revenues…

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No significant road projects completed in 26 S.C. counties, despite gas tax hike

May 3, 2019 The Nerve

  By RICK BRUNDRETT Through March, the S.C. Department of Transportation had completed no road…

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Big chunk of gas-tax-hike money not going to major road, bridge repairs

January 25, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Last June, S.C. Department of Transportation commissioner Robert “Robby” Robbins questioned agency…

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Bill would divert gas-tax-hike money to interstate widening projects

December 20, 2018 The Nerve

  By RICK BRUNDRETT A proposal by a longtime S.C. senator would siphon millions from…

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Pot of unspent gas-tax-hike revenues grows to nearly $361 million

December 3, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT As of the end of October, nearly $361 million in collected gas-tax-hike…

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More than $338 million in gas-tax-hike funds unspent as of end of September

November 14, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT In the first 15 months of the gas-tax-hike law, the S.C. Department…

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$312 million in gas-tax-hike funds unspent through August

October 10, 2018 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT As of Aug. 31, the state of South Carolina was sitting on…