YORK COUNTY, S.C. (CN2 NEWS) The Rock Hill-Fort Mill Area Transportation Study, or RFATS, meeting on this Friday continuing discussions on major interchange projects in the area.
Less spending, means less revenue, 1% of sales taxes will help support area infrastructure projects. From February to April, the county saw a decrease in funds. The county ended ahead in 2019 helping to fund 15 infrastructure projects.
York County Assistant Engineer, Patrick Hamilton, says, “when we compare it to the same time from 2019 it’s only down 7%. Revenue checks that come in we’re going to have to evaluate them every quarter to see how that compares to what we thought we were going to get versus what we actually get. But we are we want to get these projects built as quickly as we can.”
RFATS Administrator, David Hooper says COVID-19 has had an impact on public transportation – but not as much on roadway projects. However, he says leaders continue planning ahead.
Hooper says, “when the economic environment slows down it can affect the revenue projections of our non-federally funded projects and so when we think of COVID-19, people are not spinning at the same level, there’s less people on the road, you can see with her is going to be impacts in the months and probably the years ahead.”
In the video above, CN2 is speaking with RFATS and York County leaders about what residents can expect on the roadways.
