SCDOT Facts - Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
SCDOT Facts - Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
SCDOT Facts - Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
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<strong>Myrtle</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> <strong>Area</strong><br />
<strong>Chamber</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Commerce</strong><br />
September 4, 2008
<strong>SCDOT</strong> <strong>Facts</strong><br />
• An approximate $517 million program for FY 2009<br />
• <strong>SCDOT</strong> responsible for maintaining 41,391 miles <strong>of</strong> road<br />
and 8,331 bridges (4 th largest state maintained system in the<br />
nation)<br />
• 62% <strong>of</strong> roads in South Carolina are state-owned. National<br />
average is 19%.<br />
• Motor fuel user fee in South Carolina is $0.34/gallon<br />
total($0.16 state and $0.18 federal) and is the 5 th lowest in<br />
the nation.<br />
• No increase in motor fuel user fee since 1987<br />
• South Carolina receives $0.93 for every dollar in motor<br />
vehicle user fees sent to Washington. (“Donor(<br />
State”<br />
status)<br />
• 73% <strong>of</strong> <strong>SCDOT</strong> revenues come form the motor fuel user<br />
fees (southeast regional average is 49%)
Funding for Roadway Projects<br />
• Grand Strand <strong>Area</strong> Transportation Study<br />
(GSATS) Guideshares<br />
• “C” Funds- Administered by County<br />
Transportation Committees<br />
• County Sales Tax Programs<br />
• South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure<br />
Bank (SIB)<br />
• Federal Earmarks
12 Funded Intersection Improvement<br />
Projects<br />
Project<br />
Seaboard Street / Oak Forest Lane<br />
US501 / Carolina Forest<br />
US17 / Inlet Square Drive<br />
US17 BP / Glenn’s Bay Road<br />
US17 / Mineola Avenue<br />
US17 / Waverly Road<br />
US17 / Front Street<br />
US17 / 6 th Avenue South<br />
US701 / S36<br />
US17 / Sandy Island Road<br />
Cates Bay Road / Janette Street<br />
Oleander Avenue / 38 th Avenue North<br />
Location<br />
City <strong>of</strong> <strong>Myrtle</strong> <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Horry County<br />
Horry County<br />
Horry County<br />
Horry County<br />
Georgetown County<br />
City <strong>of</strong> Georgetown<br />
City <strong>of</strong> North <strong>Myrtle</strong> <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Georgetown County<br />
Georgetown County<br />
City <strong>of</strong> Conway<br />
City <strong>of</strong> <strong>Myrtle</strong> <strong>Beach</strong>
Remaining Unfunded Intersection<br />
Improvement Projects<br />
Project<br />
Kings River Road / Hagley & Tyson Streets<br />
Hwy 15 / 17 th Avenue South<br />
US17 BUS / 5 th Avenue North<br />
US17 BP / Indigo Club Drive<br />
US17 / Venture Drive<br />
US701 / Palmetto Street<br />
US378 / Grainger Street<br />
US17 BUS / Glenn’s Bay Road<br />
Location<br />
Georgetown County<br />
City <strong>of</strong> <strong>Myrtle</strong> <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Town <strong>of</strong> Surfside <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Horry County<br />
Georgetown County<br />
City <strong>of</strong> Conway<br />
City <strong>of</strong> Conway<br />
Town <strong>of</strong> Surfside <strong>Beach</strong>
RIDE I Program<br />
• Horry County hospitality tax program with<br />
funding assistance from the SIB and<br />
<strong>SCDOT</strong><br />
• Program started in 1997<br />
• Total Program approximately<br />
$1,171,000,000.00<br />
• 15 projects were funded under this program
Conway Bypass<br />
Project Limits
Carolina Bays Parkway<br />
Project Limits
Grissom Parkway<br />
Project Limits
North <strong>Myrtle</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> Connector<br />
SC-31<br />
SC-90<br />
US-17
Fantasy Harbour<br />
George Bishop<br />
Pkwy<br />
Harrelson Blvd<br />
US-17
RIDE II Program<br />
• Horry County sales tax program with<br />
funding assistance from the SIB<br />
• Referendum passed in November 2006<br />
• Sales tax went into effect May 2007<br />
• 15 projects will be funded under this<br />
program<br />
• Website: www.ridingonapenny.com
US-17 BP / SC-707 Interchange<br />
(Backgate Interchange)
SC-707 Widening
Aynor Overpass
Glenn’s s Bay Road Widening<br />
Project Limits
Carolina Bays Parkway Extension<br />
SC31<br />
Proposed New<br />
Alignment<br />
SC707
Carolina Bays Parkway Extension
Southern Evacuation LifeLine<br />
(SELL)<br />
• Multicounty task force chaired by Horry County<br />
Councilman Howard Barnard, III<br />
• Approximate 28 mile new location facility with controlled<br />
access<br />
• Will provide a hurricane evacuation route and congestion<br />
relief<br />
• Will improve access east and west <strong>of</strong> the Waccamaw River<br />
• Draft environmental impact statement signed and preferred<br />
alignment presented August 8, 2008<br />
• Public Hearings held on August 26 th , 27 th , and 28 th<br />
• website:www.southernevacuationlifeline.com
Southern Evacuation LifeLine<br />
(SELL)
East Coast Greenway<br />
• Estimated 47 miles in Horry and Georgetown<br />
Counties<br />
• Funded by accommodation taxes, through<br />
roadway projects, Transportation Enhancement<br />
funds, Recreational Trail funds, local government<br />
matches<br />
• Approximately 20 miles has been funded<br />
• Approximately 3 miles in the development stage
East Coast Greenway
Questions
South Carolina Department Of<br />
Transportation<br />
Mike Barbee, P.E.<br />
Program Manager<br />
P.O. Box 191<br />
Columbia, SC 29202<br />
(803)737-4034<br />
BarbeeMW@scdot.org
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