Useful Information

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Learn more about us

• Charleston County voters must reject flawed half-cent sales tax (Sep 29, 2024)
• We can have a 'Better Charleston County' if we act now (Dec 11, 2024)
• How to draft a 2026 sales tax referendum that Charleston voters will support (Jun19, 2025)
• Should local governments approve upzonings? (Sep 2, 2025)

PLANNING

   Strategy

• Charleston County Council Strategic Plan FY 2025 - 2027 (2024)
• Charleston County's Plans and Visions - The Johns Island Advocate (Sep 22, 2025)

   Land Use

• Dutch Dialogues - City of Charleston (Sep 2019)
• Charleston County Comprehensive Plan (May 21,2024)

   Greenbelts

• Comprehensive Greenbelt Plan - Charleston County Greenbelt Program (2017)
• A Green Infrastructure Plan - BCDCOG (Mar 2023)

   Transportation

• Charleston Area Transporation Study (CHATS) 2045 Long Range Transporation Plan  (LRTP) - BCDCOG
• CHATS Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) - BCDCOG
• Regional Transit Framework Plan [including recommendations for additional Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems] - BCDCOG (Sep, 2018)

County Websites

• Roads.CharlestonCounty
• Charleston County Transportation Committee
• Charleston County Transportation 

County Contractual Documents

• Mar 13, 2025:  Request for Qualifications for a Transportation Sales Tax Program Education and Engagement Plan
• Apr 16, 2025:  Chernoff Newman Qualifications Response

Presentations:  2025

    Q1

•  Momentum 2050 - SCDOT (Feb 2025)
•  State of South Carolina's Transportation Network  - SCDOT (Mar 5, 2025)

    Q2

• Transportation Network Needs Assessment - BCDCOG, Ron Mitchum (Jun 24, 2025)

    Q3

• County Council Retreat Video (Jul 9, 2025)
• TST Framework - Christy Hall (Jul 9, 2025)
• Flooding and Resilience Update- Mayor William Cogswell (Aug 18, 2025)
• State of South Carolina's Transportation Network  - SCDOT (Sep 2025)
• Chernoff-Newman 60-day update (Sep 11, 2025)
• Transportation Sales Tax Special Committee - Christy Hall (Sep 25, 2025)

    Q4

• TST Update - County Staff (Oct 2025)
• 2026 Transportation Sales Tax Recommendations for Johns Island - JIC, JITF, RRFJI (Oct 15, 2025)
• City Traffic and Transportation Committee Meeting - TST 2026  and video- Mayor Cogswell (Oct  28, 2025)
• Greenbelt Update - County Staff (Nov 6, 2025)
• Johns Island Presentation to City Council - Jim McBride (Nov 12, 2025)
• Pavement Management - County Staff (Nov 13, 2025)
• Charleston County Land Conservation:  Greenbelt Funding from a 2026 Transportation Sales Tax -  Lowcountry Land Trust (Dec 1, 2025)
• The City's Recommended TST Projects - Mayor Cogswell (Dec 2,2025)