Greenville County Council is considering reinstating an annual road fee. The $10 fee was removed last year after a ruling by the South Carolina Supreme Court. Some counties have since brought it back after lawmakers changed the law to allow for it. Greenville County taxpayers have paid the fee since 2017. This year was the first year they did not since then. "We have to do something about our roads. That is the main problem we are having in Greenville County," said Greenville County Councilman Ennis Fant, who introduced the proposal. Greenville County said it has about 1,900 miles of road. This year, crews will have paved 32 miles. "We have over 200,000 people moving here over the next 20 years. It is absolutely failed leadership on steroids to sit by and do absolutely nothing about preparing for the future in particular with our roads," said Fant. Fant said he'd like to see a penny sales tax referendum to be used only for roads on the ballot in 2024. If approved, it would last for seven years, he said, and the $10 dollar fee he's proposing would be removed.Greenville County Council Chairman Willis Meadows said county roads do need to be improved. "Let me, first of all, concede that our roads are not in the shape they should be in. That they do need repair," he said. But, he said, he isn't in favor of the fee. "This is not the time for us to be raising taxes and the people that are hurt the most are the people that are at the low-and middle-income," he said. Fant said the $10 fee would allow the county to pave about 42 miles of road each year. An upgrade, he said, but still not the end goal. He said the one-cent sales tax is necessary and that 35% of it would be paid for by people coming in from out of town. He said projects would be marked so that taxpayers know the money would go to road projects. "If they don't like what we did after seven years, or if they think we lied about and didn't do what we said we were gonna do, it dies," Fant said. "You get your penny back."Meadows said anyone opposed to the fee should get involved and share their concerns with their council representative. There would have to be a public hearing and two votes before the fee could be approved.