Report: Traffic congestion could increase 70 percent by 2030
By Prentiss Findlay
By 2030, Charleston roads could be clogged like the traffic in Atlanta unless the highway system is improved, according to a report released Wednesday.
Congestion would have jumped by 70 percent by then, says the The Road Information Project (TRIP), a non-profit transportation research group.
Currently, South Carolina has the fourth highest traffic fatality rate in the country. The death rate is five times higher on rural roads that other highways. Twenty-eight percent of the state's roads are in poor or mediocre condition, and 20 percent of its bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, the report states.
"When we talk about the health of our state's overall business climate, poor infrastructure negatively impacts South Carolina as companies decide whether or not to locate or expand here," said Otis B. Rawl Jr., president and chief executive officer of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
Read more in Thursday's editions of The Post and Courier.
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pck5 (anonymous) says...
the reason atlanta is clogged is BECAUSE of the highway system.
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