South Carolina graded for its roads and bridges

An engineering group’s report card on the condition of South Carolina roads and bridges prompted a response and an explanation from the state’s secretary of transportation.  Christy Hall says the SC American Society of Civil Engineers used data from 2-3 years ago on the physical condition of the roads and bridges to help generate South Carolina’s score.  Those data show South Carolina slightly ahead of the national scores, but Hall says they do not account for significant improvements made possible by the gradual increases in the state gasoline tax. Among the many projects underway are improvements to one of Walhalla’s worst streets:  S. Broad Street from the east end of the city to the west.  Hall also used her announcement to put in a pitch for more money from Washington.  She’s hopeful that state leadership will support one-time federal American Rescue Plan Act monies to wide I-26 between Columbia and Charleston.  This, she says, would slingshot the critical project forward.