SCDOT proposes to cut ‘outdated and redundant’ regulations by 30%

by Joe Hennessy

LOWCOUNTRY, Ga. (WTOC) - The South Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Justin Powell announced this week that they intend to cut their regulations by almost a third after a full internal review.

“The proposed reduction will remove outdated and redundant regulations,” they wrote in a press release.

Powell said, “One of my first priorities as Secretary of Transportation was to see how we could be more efficient. As part of that effort, we have conducted an examination of the Department regulations to see if there were requirements that were no longer needed, didn’t work, or didn’t make sense.”

He continued by saying it’s part of their ongoing efforts to modernize SCDOT.

SCDOT will be publishing the proposed regulatory changes in the State Register for submittal to the General Assembly in the 2026 legislative session.

SCDOT anticipates the changes will be posted to the State Register later this month to begin the formal comment process.

Members of the public are encouraged to submit comments about the proposed regulatory changes here:

Comments should be submitted to
- Ginny Jones, Public Involvement Director, SCDOT Office of Public Engagement, 955 Park Street, P.O. Box 191, Columbia, SC 29202
Comments may also be submitted by email to SCDOTpubliccomment@scdot.org