If Spartanburg County voters approve, here are the roads that could be fixed by penny tax

Bob Montgomery, Herald-Journal
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Spartanburg County Council approved the first of three readings Monday on an ordinance to allow voters to decide in November whether they want to pay for road improvements with a new penny sales tax.

The question will go on the ballot on Nov. 7. If voters approve the tax, the total sales tax will stay at 7 cents on items sold in Spartanburg County through 2030.

County officials said the tax would generate an estimated $478 million for 577 projects ranging from road resurfacing, intersection improvements, road corridor reconstruction, bridge replacements, stormwater improvement and road safety.

Here is a list of road bridge and intersection projects that would appear on the November referendum:

➤ $157,535,684 for 38 road improvement, repaving, and resurfacing projects for Spartanburg County state-maintained roads, including but not limited to the following:

Highway 101 - Arnold Road to Rogers Bridge Road, SC 295 (Southport Road) - SC 215 and Highway 296 to Highway 176, Highway 29 (East/West Main St.) – Highway 296 to Cherokee County Line, Hwy, 296 (Reidville Road/John B White Sr. Blvd) – Highway 290 to SC 295, Highway 221 – SC-295 (Southport Road) to Barnwell Road, Fernwood Glendale Road – Hwy. 29 to Clifton Glendale Road, Hwy 290 (E. Main St) – Hwy. 296 to Rogers Bridge Road, Hwy. 296 (Reidville Road/John B White Sr. Blvd) – SC295 to W. Main St. Abner Creek Road – Hwy. 101 to Westmoreland Road, Hwy. 290 (E. Main St) – Meaulay Road to N. Danzler Road, Brockman McClimon Road – Interstate 85 – Hwy. 101, Highway 14 (E. Rutherford St) – Interstate 26 to Highway 176, Old Canaan Road – Hwy. 295 to Canaan Road, Edwards Road – Fountain Inn Road to Hwy. 101, Cherry Hill Road – Hwy. 29 to River St.

➤ $165,129,588 for 478 Spartanburg County road improvement, repaving, and resurfacing projects, including but not limited to the following:

Pavement Preservation – multiple locations, Mt. Shoals Road – Hwy 221 to Price House Road, Dickson Road – Big Mulberry Ter to Edwards Road, Old Canaan Road – Stone Station Road (Hwy 215) to Canaan Road, Motlow Creek Road – Goodjoin Road to Hwy 357, Redland Road – Hwy 11 to Red Hill Lane, Macedonia Church Road – Motlow Creek Road to Greenville County Line, Lyman Lake Road – Hwy 357 to End Cul-de-sac, Peach Shed Road – Turkey Farm Road to Buck Creek Road, Flatwood Industrial Drive – Hwy 221 to Flatwood Road, Prison Camp Road – Hwy 11 to Hwy 11, Freeman Farm Road – Brockman McClimon Road to Mayfield Road, Grand Canyon Road – Holly Springs Road to Hwy 357, Skunk Hollow Road – Hwy 11 to Landrum Mill Road.

A pothole on Double Bridge Road between Highway 9 and Giles Heights Road in Boiling Springs. Spartanburg County Council is moving forward with a referendum that would let voters decide whether to approve a 1-cent sales tax for road, bridge and intersection improvements.
A pothole on Double Bridge Road between Highway 9 and Giles Heights Road in Boiling Springs. Spartanburg County Council is moving forward with a referendum that would let voters decide whether to approve a 1-cent sales tax for road, bridge and intersection improvements.

➤ $42,000,000 for 14 intersection improvement projects, including but not limited to the following:

Battleground Road at Hwy 29, Old Furnace Road at Sugar Ridge Road, SC-357 at SC-358, W. Henry St. at S. Forest St., Double Bridge Road at Hanging Rock Road, Gossett Road at Cannons Campground Road, Hammet Store Road at SC-357, Hwy 129 at Carver Road/Bobo Road, Hwy 292 at Bishop Road, Mt. Zion at John Dodd Road, Zion Hill Road at Sloans Grove Road, Hwy 176 at Dogwood Club Road, Old Converse at Cannons Campground.

➤ $40,250,000 for seven Spartanburg County road corridor reconstruction projects, including but not limited to the following:

Foster Road – Hwy 11 to Compton Bridge Road, Hammett Store Road – Hampton Road to Hwy 357, Floyd Road – Cannons Campground Road to Hwy 221, Upper Valley Falls Road – Valley Falls Road to Hwy 176, Genoble Road – Victor Hill to Robinson Road, Plainview Dr – Hwy 29 to Cannons Campground Road, Blalock Road – Hwy 9 to Old Furnace Road.

➤ $23,500,000 for bridge replacement projects, including but not limited to the replacement of 10 wood and steel pile bridges.

➤ $28,250,000 for transportation-related stormwater improvement projects, including but not limited to replacement of 30 corrugated metal pipe and box culverts used to convey stormwater.

➤ $9,000,000 for road safety projects.

➤ $12,334,728 for city and town road improvement, repaving, and resurfacing projects.

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