How much urban sprawl do citizens want?
So the question becomes do you allow construction growth to continue at a virtually unrestrained rate? If so, vote for the sales tax and see Greater Charleston turned to one massive urban area. For by spending on new roads, particularly major roads, you are inviting more destruction of the remaining rural area and further urban sprawl. Many studies have concluded that the alleviation of traffic congestion by the construction of wider, or new roads, eventually becomes self defeating. It simply leads to further subdivisions and sprawl. A vote for the tax will be an invitation to repeat the experience of the last 10 years. But this time it will be worse because it is starting from a much larger base. Why do we need to fund infrastructure for new developments? The Mayor of Charleston, when speaking at the County public hearing stated that South Carolina was a favored destination of folk relocating from the North. The higher tax was needed to provide for infrastructure to cater to the treme
