Referendum Text
REFERENDUM ON IMPOSITION OR REIMPOSITION
OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS SALES TAX IN YORK COUNTY
Must a special one percent sales and use tax be imposed or reimposed in York County for not more than
seven (7) years to raise the amounts specified for the following purposes:
1. $225,000,000.00 for Carryover Projects:
a. US 21 five lane widening from Springfield Parkway to Carowinds Blvd. and Hwy. 51 five lane widening from
US 21 to NC state line
b. Sutton Road/Spratt Street/Fort Mill Parkway five lane widening from I-77 to railroad overpass
c. Hwy. 557 three lane widening from Kingsburry Road to Hwy. 55
d. Hwy. 49/Hwy. 274/Hwy. 557 intersection improvements
e. US 21/Springdale Road intersection improvements
f. Sutton Road/Harris Road intersection improvements
g. Flint Hill Street Community Drainage improvements
h. US 21 five lane widening from Springfield Parkway to Hwy. 160
2. $80,000,000.00 for 76.60 miles of road resurfacing with asphalt [The following Pennies 5 resurfacing groupings will
be prioritized by the Pennies 5 Program Manager based on available funds]:
ROCK HILL AREA ROADS
Charlotte Avenue from Cherry Road to E. White Street; Crawford Road/Pond Road from Heckle Blvd. to Hampton Street; Cureton Ferry Road from Lesslie Hwy. to Hwy. 5; Ebenezer Road from Oakland Avenue to Herlong Avenue; George Dunn Road from Reservation Road to Old Friendship Road; Harmony Road from Hall Spencer Road to Collins Road; Hollis Lakes Road from Rawlinson Road to Ebenezer Road; John Ross Parkway from Mount Gallant Road to Dave Lyle Blvd.; Lesslie Hwy. from US 21 to US 21; Museum Road from Mount Gallant Road to Hwy. 161; Oakdale Road from Mount Holly Road to Saluda Road; Pennington Road from Hwy. 161 to Airport Road; Rawlinson Road from Hwy. 5 to Cascade Avenue; Twin Lakes Road from Celanese Road to Ebenezer Road; Twin Lakes Road from Mount Gallant Road to Melrose Drive
FORT MILL/TEGA CAY AREA ROADS
Academy Street from Main Street to Banks Street; Banks Road from Fairway Drive to Wolfpack Trail; Carolina Place Drive from Hwy. 160 to End; Dam Road from Gardendale Road to Coralbell Way; Deerfield Drive from Gold Hill Road to End; Pikeview Road from Flint Hill Road to Regent Parkway; Stonecrest Blvd. from Hubert Graham Way to Dam Road; Tom Hall Street from Main Street to Banks Street
CLOVER/LAKE WYLIE AREA
Allison Creek Road from Hwy. 274 to End; Brandon Road from Ridge Road to Oakridge Road; Flatrock Street from US 321 to Mint Street; Henry Knob Road from Hwy. 55 to NC state line; Jackson Terrace/Valley Avenue from Bethel Street to McConnell Street; Jenkins Road from Ramah Church Road to Hwy. 55; Jim McCarter Road from Lincoln Road to US 321; Knox Road from Henry Knob Road to Lloyd White Road; McConnell Street from South Main Street to White Street;
Old North Main Street from North Main Street to Columbia Street; Thomas Road from Faulkner Street to Hwy. 55; Tom Joye Road from St. Paul Church Road to Jim McCarter Road
YORK/WESTERN YORK COUNTY AREA
Chambers Road from Campbell Road to Harper Road; Charlotte Street from Blackburn Street to N Congress Street; Church Street from E Liberty Street to E Jefferson Street; Daves Road from McConnells Hwy. to US 321; Georgia Avenue from Hunter Street to E Liberty Street; Jefferson Street from Bratton Avenue to End; Lincoln Road from Wood Road to Hwy. 55; McGill Road from Woodlawn Street to Hwy. 5; N Congress Road from Roundabout to Alexander Love Bypass; Railroad Avenue from Galilean Road to E Jefferson Street; Roosevelt Street from E Jefferson Street to E Madison Street; Ross Cannon Street from E Madison Street to N Congress Street; Shannon Street from York Street to Old Pinckney Road
3. $44,890,000.00 for five lane widening of US 21 from Hwy. 160 to Sutton Road
4. $9,000,000.00 for five lane widening of Fort Mill Parkway from railroad bridge to Holbrook Road
(design and right of way only)
5. $12,860,000.00 for Neely Road Corridor Improvements
6. $3,120,000.00 for intersection improvements to Dam Road/Gardendale Road intersection
7. $1,710,000.00 for intersection improvements to Bethel Street/Jackson Terrace intersection
8. $1,750,000.00 for intersection improvements to US 321/Old North Main Street intersection
9. $3,390,000.00 for intersection improvements to Church Street/E. Liberty Street/Hunter Street intersection
10. $1,040,000.00 for intersection improvements to E. Liberty Street/S. Pacific Street intersection
11. $2,680,000.00 for intersection improvements to Hwy. 49/Blucher Circle intersection
12. $4,550,000.00 for intersection improvements to Hwy. 49/Bonum Road/Montgomery Road intersection
13. $6,540,000.00 for White Street Corridor Improvements
14. $860,000.00 for intersection improvements to Hwy. 55/Maynard Grayson intersection
15. $1,800,000.00 for intersection improvements to US 321/Flatrock Road/Huffman Road intersection
16. $930,000.00 for intersection improvements to Church Street/Jefferson Street intersection
17. $1,150,000.00 for intersection improvements to US 321/Devinney Road intersection
18. $780,000.00 for intersection improvements to Tom Joye Street/St. Paul Church Road intersection
19. $6,310,000.00 for intersection improvements to Ebinport Road/Marett Blvd. intersection
20. $2,290,000.00 for intersection improvements to Black Street/Albright Road intersection
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF ALL CAPITAL PROJECTS: $410,650,000.00.
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS:
All qualified electors desiring to vote in favor of imposing the tax for the stated purposes shall vote “YES” and all qualified electors opposed to levying the tax shall vote “NO”.
The purpose of the Referendum is to reimpose an existing capital project sales and use tax for the capital projects listed above in order to permit the tax to be reinstated and continue without interruption.
CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF SALES AND USE TAX REVENUE COLLECTED UNDER THE CAPITAL PROJECT SALES TAX ACT:
The capital projects sales and use tax shall be used and expended for design, engineering, construction or improvement of the highways, roads, streets and/or bridges listed above. Net proceeds of the capital project sales and use tax, if approved, must be expended for the purposes stated in the priority listed above; provided that multiple projects may be funded simultaneously based on the formula or system contained in the ordinance adopted by the York County Council. The expenditure of revenues from the capital projects sales and use tax, if approved, shall be subject to acquisition of right-of-way, design and engineering considerations, environmental issues, the discovery of historic sites or endangered species, the receipt of necessary permits, funding of projects from other sources, bids in excess of project estimates, qualifications of bidders, cost overruns, qualifications of bidders, exhaustion or insufficiency of net sales and use tax revenues to complete all projects and other unforeseen circumstances and conditions.