South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster recommends lawmakers allocate an additional $100 million for the Department of Transportation to continue accelerating bridge construction across the state.
“Again, our state’s roads, bridges, highways, and interstates are the arteries of our prosperity. They need continued investment,” McMaster said in his 2025 State of the State Address.
“The Department of Transportation has made tremendous progress in repairing and improving our transportation system,” the governor added. “They have delivered a valuable return on our investments – with the strong help of the executive and legislative branches.”
For instance, in 2017, just $2.7 billion in road construction projects were underway across the state. Today, $6.5 billion in projects are happening in all 46 counties, McMaster said.
The Department of Transportation reports that around 2,400 of the state’s 8,400 bridges are at the point of replacement or major repair. Without continued acceleration of investment, that number will swell to 3,900 in ten years.
