COLUMBIA, S.C. — As population booms and developments pop up across South Carolina towns and cities, concerns over whether the state should step in to regulate growth are growing.
Concurrency laws tie growth to new infrastructure. That means that roads, water, and other infrastructure has to be ready in order for new developments to be approved.
“Higher population growth means more demand for infrastructure,” said Joseph Von Nessen, a research economist at the Darla Moore School of Business. “South Carolina has grown at about twice the rate of the national average since 2020, and we’ve ranked number one for several years since the pandemic.”…