The One Percent Sales and Use Tax to pay for road and safety improvements throughout Anderson County is back on the ballot for voters to decide next week.
If the referendum is approved, the one percent sales and use tax will be for a period of 8 years beginning May 1, 2026 and will raise $277,999,013.62 for 271 paving and road projects and $52,241,707.34 for 17 bridge/culvert projects.
The referendum will also decide if the County will be authorized to issue and sell general obligation bonds not exceeding $20,000,000, and defray the capital projects authorized plus issuance costs.
The total principal amount of the authorized capital projects will be $379.6 million. The referendum will include a general list of projects in each area of the County. Specific road paving projects are scheduled to be done in four phases.
The Referendum Question wording will read as follows:
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM – LOCAL QUESTION SALES AND USE TAX
Must a special one percent sales and use tax be imposed in Anderson County, South Carolina for eight (8) years to raise the amounts specified for the following purposes: $277,999,013.62 for 271 paving and road projects including but not limited to:
Plantation Rd all County owned segments between E River St & Hwy 29 N (Nevitt Forest
Area)
Mt Airy Church Rd from Hwy 81 N to Three Bridges Rd (Powdersville Area)
E Main St from S Mechanic St to Lebanon Rd (Pendleton)
First St from S Academy St to Town limits (Williamston)
N Main/ S Main St from Calhoun Rd to Guthrie Rd (Belton)
Dixon Rd from Whitehall Rd to Old Pearman Dairy Rd (Anderson County, Centerville)
Keys St from Brookhaven Dr to Gleneddie Rd (Anderson City, Homeland Park)
Shiloh Church Rd from Hwy 17 to Hwy 86 (Anderson County)
Breazeale Rd from Hwy 29 to Midway Rd (Belton)
Monitor Dr from Dobbins Bridge Dr to Lewis St (Anderson County)
West Mauldin St from Main St to Bleckley St (Anderson City)
Broadway Lake Rd from the spillway bridge to Parnell Rd (Broadway Lake Area)
Griffin Farm Rd from Jones Chapel Rd to Firetower Rd (Craytonville/Honea Path Area)
$49,381,436.30 for 18 safety projects including but not limited to: –
Oak Hill Rd/Harriet Circle to address lack of turn lanes (Anderson County) – – – – –
Vandiver Rd Pedestrian Safety to address pedestrian safety (Anderson County)
Pine Top Rd/James Cox Rd/US 178 (Anderson Highway) to address offset intersection
(Belton)
Centerville Rd/Keasler Rd to address lack of turn lanes and angle intersections (Anderson
County, Centerville)
Calhoun St/Marchbanks Rd/Rogers Rd to address skewed intersection with high volume
(Anderson City)
Concord Rd/King Rd/Reed Rd to address offset intersections and sight distance (Anderson
City)
$52,241,707.34 for 17 bridge/culvert projects including but not limited to: –
Scotts Bridge Rd over Jones Creek (Anderson County)
Mullikin Rd over Little Garvin Creek (Pendleton Area)
Durham Rd over Hurricane Creek (Anderson County)
Parker Bowie Rd over Little Generostee Creek (Iva)
Also Part 2- Issue and Sell Bonds
Pending the receipt of such sales and use tax, must the County also be authorized to issue and sell, either as a single issue or as several separate issues, general obligation bonds (the “Bonds”) of the County in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $20,000,000, to defray the capital projects authorized above plus issuance costs, to be paid from the sales and use tax to be imposed as stated herein and pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds, and, in the event such sales and use tax is inadequate, such bonds shall be payable from a sufficient ad valorem tax imposed on all taxable property in the County?
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: All qualified electors of the County desiring to vote in favor of imposing the tax for the stated purposes and authorizing the issuance and sale of Bonds in connection therewith shall vote “YES”, and all qualified electors opposed to levying the tax and issuing such Bonds shall vote “NO”.
Yes [ ]
No [ ]
The question is being submitted to the electors of Anderson County on November 4, 2025 pursuant to Title 4, Chapter 10, Article 3 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976, as amended, and an ordinance of the County Council of Anderson County, South Carolina (the “County Council”) enacted on August 5, 2025.
If a majority of qualified electors of the County voting in the Referendum vote in favor of the question, a one percent sales and use tax will be imposed in the County for a period of 8 years beginning May 1, 2026.
