SC legislators mull toll lanes to cut down on traffic, help pay for road improvements

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: January 22, 2026

Words: 939

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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COLUMBIA — Facing rising inflation and population growth, legislators and transportation officials are considering adding toll lanes to highways as a way of increasing revenue and reducing congestion.

Federal law prohibits states from putting toll booths on existing highway lanes that receive any federal money. Any proposal that did so likely wouldn’t be very popular among legislators, anyway, Secretary of Transportation Justin Powell told a panel of senators Thursday.

What the Department of Transportation …

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