Young: Infrastructure is an issue

South Carolina has tremendous infrastructure needs to repair its roads and bridges, said S.C. House Republican nominee Tom Young, but the current economic crisis may make it impossible to support a bond bill to meet some of those needs.

Yet it’s not realistic, either, for the state to pay for infrastructure with current dollars, Young told Sunrise Rotary members Thursday. He is unopposed in the November general election for S.C. House District 81.

While he won’t officially start work in the legislature until December, “I’ve been trying to get a head start on some of the issues,” Young said. “I’ve been meeting with people around the community and districts and also met with some key agency heads and contact persons on each staff on constituency issues.” Read more