SC needs an alternate route to less traffic and more housing • SC Daily Gazette

SC needs an alternate route to less traffic and more housing • SC Daily Gazette

According to U.S. Census commuting data, about one in five workers employed in Charleston County in 2023 lived more than 50 miles away, amounting to more than 50,000 long-distance commuters. (Getty Images)South Carolinians are fed up with traffic, understandably blaming explosive population growth. Road congestion’s real driver is less obvious: a sprawling, government-mandated development pattern that leaves taxpayers on the hook for infrastruct…