Referendum Detail

Special Sales & Use Tax - Question 1

Election Statewide General Election
Election Date 11/3/2026
Responsible County BEAUFORT
District Type
District
Referendum Type Local Questions
Referendum Text
I approve a special sales and use tax in the amount of one percent (1%) to be imposed in Beaufort County for not more than nine (9) years, or until a total of $780,000,000 in resulting revenue has been collected, whichever occurs first, to fund the following projects: For financing the costs of highways, roads, streets, bridges, and other transportation-related projects facilities related thereto including, but not limited to, drainage facilities relating to the highways, roads, streets, bridges, and other transportation-related projects including the following projects and estimated costs: Project (1) for Intersection and Safety Projects: $326,000,000 Ribaut Road/ Lady's Island Drive- Turn Lane Construction Traffic Signal Improvements (Countywide) SC 170/US 278 Diverging Diamond Interchange Squire Pope Road/William Hilton Parkway Improvements Ribaut Road Corridor Improvement (City of Beaufort) Lady's Island Drive/Meridian Road Improvements US 21 Improvements at Chowan Creek SC 170/SC 46 Intersection Conversion SC 462 Realignment SC 170 Corridor Improvements - (North of the Broad) Spanish Wells Road/William Hilton Parkway Improvements Savannah Highway/SC 170 Improvements Warsaw Island Road Bluffton Parkway/SC46 Roundabout Improvements B.E Wheatley Drive/Robert Smalls Parkway Signal US 278/Sun City Signal Improvements US 278/Buck Island Road Intersection Ribaut Road/Depot Road Intersection Gumtree Road Improvements US 278/Simmonsville Road Bluffton Parkway Improvements Gateway to Port Royal Improvements (Ribaut Road) SC 46/Gibbet Road Signal Grober Hill Road/Parris Island Gateway Intersection High Visibility Crosswalks & Rapid Flashing Beacons (Downtown Beaufort) SC 802/Short's Landing Road Signal Sea Pines Circle Evans Way/SC 170 Signalized Reduced Conflict Intersection Right-in/Right-out at Bluffton Parkway/Goethe Road Median Closings US 278 Old Jericho Road Bridge Replacement Goethe Road Resurfacing/Traffic Calming Main Street Road Improvements Grober Hill Road Corridor Improvements William Hilton Parkway- Chaplin Corridor SC 46/Stardust Lane Signal Buckwalter Parkway (HE McCracken Circle Section) Joe Frazier Road/Middleton Recreation Drive Roundabout Laurel Bay/Joe Frazier Roundabout Laurel Bay/Bay Pines Roundabout US 21/Shanklin Road Reduced Conflict Intersection US 21/Roseida Road Reduced Conflict Intersection Coordinated Message Boards for Woods Memorial Bridge (Downtown Beaufort) Middle Road/SC 802 Roundabout Improvements Guardrail on Middle Road (between Doe Road & Buck Road) Project (2) for Widening Projects: $205,000,000 Okatie Highway (SC 170) Okatie Highway (SC 46) West Fording Island Road (US 278) Robert T Smalls Parkway /Neil Road (SC 170) Project (3) for Resurfacing and Dirt Road Paving Projects: $249,000,000 County Dirt Roads: Arum Cir N Briars Creek Road Comet Lane Creek View Dr Dockside Lane Huspah Creek Dr Judge Island Dr Mr. McBryde Lane Najas Dr Nyssa Lane O'Connor Road Sandstone Cir Sawgrass Ct Sparkleberry Dr Sugar Hill Landing Road Sweet Grass Dr Worthington Road Kline Cir Municipal Resurfacing - City of Beaufort Municipal Resurfacing - Town of Port Royal Municipal Resurfacing -Town of HHI Municipal Resurfacing - Town of Bluffton Daufuskie Island Resurfacing: Cooper River Landing Road Haig Point Road Melrose Landing Road Old Haig Point Road Pappy's Landing Road Trask Parkway (US 17) Trask Parkway (US 21) Sea Island Parkway (US 21) Sam's Point Road (SC 802) Parris Island Gateway (US 21) Savannah Highway (SC 128) Robert Smalls Parkway (SC 170) Buckwalter Parkway Bluffton Parkway Fording Island Road (US 278) William Hilton Parkway (US 278 Business) YES --- NO --- Instructions to Voters: All qualified electors desiring to vote in favor of levying the special sales and use tax shall vote "YES;" and All qualified electors opposed to levying the special sales and use tax shall vote "NO."
Responses
Yes, In Favor of the Question No, Opposed to the Question