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Uh Oh! Big Infrastructure Pod Alert!

By Gavin Jackson
Published August 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM EDT
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Electric vehicle drivers in South Carolina pay $60 annually to offset gas taxes for those who drive internal combustion vehicles. Even with the gas tax increase, cost and inflationary pressures are forcing SCDOT to look at other options when it comes to future funding needs to keep up with growth.
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Electric vehicle drivers in South Carolina pay $60 annually to offset gas taxes for those who drive internal combustion vehicles. Even with the gas tax increase, cost and inflationary pressures are forcing SCDOT to look at other options when it comes to future funding needs to keep up with growth.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for August 26, 2025: we have a small, dedicated pod on infrastructure; we welcome special guest SCDOT Secretary Justin Powell; we catch you up on all things roads and bridges; and more!

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Gavin Jackson
Gavin Jackson graduated with a visual journalism degree from Kent State University in 2008 and has been in the news industry ever since. He has worked at newspapers in Ohio, Louisiana and most recently in South Carolina at the Florence Morning News and Charleston Post and Courier.
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