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."