Congratulations to developer Don Leonard for scoring a gubernatorial appointment to head the S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank - the outfit that financed all our new highways under the the Horry County Road Improvement Development Effort. It's a relief that our county will continue to have a say in future road-building projects.

We have issues with the infrastructure bank and the S.C. Department of Transportation. The local share of the RIDE improvements is far higher than the local share for highway projects in Charleston and elsewhere in the state. And local tourism-tax collections devoted to RIDE costs may fall short of the required loan payments in the next few years. We need the bank and S.C. DOT to cut us some slack.

With Leonard as infrastructure bank boss, chances for a fairer RIDE deal should improve. We look forward to his service especially for that reason.