![]() ![]() Commission member Gary Loftus became the first chairman of RIDE, which came up with the list of Horry County projects to use money from the bank. In 1996, South Carolina voters turned down a one-cent sales tax for roads, and Buck Limehouse, the state's first DOT Commission chairman, started the State Infrastructure Bank. RIDE III was being planned as of 2013 and voters approved a penny tax in 2016. ![]() The second phase, called RIDE II, was being paid for through a one-cent sales tax approved by Horry County voters November 7, 2006. The first phase, costing $1.1 billion, was being paid for by hospitality taxes. Road Improvement and Development Effort or RIDE is a plan for road projects in Horry County, South Carolina, including Carolina Bays Parkway, Veterans Highway and Robert Grissom Parkway.
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