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Charleston Mayor William Cogswell has proposed allocating $300 million from a $4.25 billion transportation sales tax to extend the Battery, a project aimed at protecting the city's historic core from rising sea levels. This initiative, which has an estimated total cost of $1.3 billion, will be partially funded by the Army Corps of Engineers, pending congressional approval. The mayor's request, constituting 7% of the anticipated sales tax revenue, is contingent on a legal opinion from the S.C. attorney general regarding its legality.