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Letters: Bad roads cost us in many ways

tdominick@thestate.com

Our unsafe roads ultimately cost us billions of dollars in lost business and lives and impose an untenable environment for businesses to operate in.

Safety is mandatory. Kicking the can down the road means even greater costs and potential tragedies.

What new business would choose to come to South Carolina when it can go to states that have the will to provide essential services?

Harry Spratlin

Columbia

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