The second phase, called RIDE II, was being paid for through a one-cent sales tax approved by Horry County voters November 7, 2006.
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.
[10] On November 7, 2011, Myrtle Beach city council member Wayne Gray asked area elected officials to consider using RIDE funds to pay for a portion of I-73.
The committee's purpose is to advise the county and state of road needs, study funding methods, and review projects under construction.
[2] Also included was the paving of International Drive from Robert Grissom Parkway to S.C. 90, providing an alternate route to Carolina Forest.
[15] Nine of 15 RIDE II projects were under way or finished as a groundbreaking was held November 6, 2013 for the final section of Carolina Bays Parkway and the S.C. 707 widening.