Charleston County leaders are taking a new approach to capturing a half-cent sales tax to fund Lowcountry transportation projects after a resounding defeat of a tax referendum in 2024.
County leaders have launched a new public input process with the Transportation Sales Tax Special Committee (TSTC) to try to initiate a transparent, community-driven effort to fund transportation projects across the county.
“We heard the people,” Charleston County Council Chairman Kylon Middleton said in an interview. “We decided to take a step back and see, based on that overwhelming ‘No,’ what we have not communicated to the people.”…