Now if they could just teach them how to drive safely in that state. Earlier this year I was headed to an amusement park there. It was raining lightly, but the road surface was not that bad at the time. I was going 75 but it wasn’t fast enough for the idiot that passed me using the right shoulder doing close to 90. I thought Alabama and Florida drivers were bad, but South Carolina seems to have them beat.
I’m originally from Bennettsville. At one time this area was prosperous and a nice place to live. However, it has suffered the fate of so many small southern towns trying to transition from an Agricultural based economy. The entire county of Marlboro is in a death spiral. There are minimal job opportunities for educated people and the segment of the population increasing is the one that takes from the tax base instead of supporting it. To give you an idea of how economically depressed this area is now, the only chain grocery store is a small Walmart in Bennettsville. The local hospital closed last year and there are no identifiable department stores where people can shop for clothes. The so called leaders of this area have pushed I-73 for over 20 years as a “job creator”. These are the same people who own most of the land the interstate will go through so their true motives are not difficult to discern.
A new interstate highway? South Carolina, just say no. Lousy idea...
The major estimates of the economic impact comes from an outfit by the name of Chmura; which is not far from “chimera”; and a chimera is an illusion or fabrication of the mind; especially an unrealizable dream.
And the little state of South Carolina is already criss crossed by five Interstate highways.
I say if South Carolina wants to build the road on it’s own as a state highway, go ahead, but I’d not approve a dime of the federal highway funds to it.