Charleston County to propose new plan of Main Road Segment A pedestrian bridge
Leaders will discuss connectivity access for bicyclists and pedestrians across the Limehouse Bridge in the committee meeting. It comes from the Main Road Segment A project which initially had a standalone bridge in its plans, but was removed as the South Carolina Department of Transportation said they cannot maintain it.
'On the Sept. 10 council meeting, public works discussed with council continuing to pursue bike and pedestrian access of the project over the Stono River. Since that time, we've met with SCDOT at the headquarters in Columbia, discussed options in getting pedestrians at minimum on the existing Limehouse Bridge,' Herbert Nimz, engineering manager of the county's public works said.
The public works staff will present four designs to council. Two of them are pedestrian only and the others are multi-use, which would provide access to both those traveling on foot and cycling.
Charleston Moves, a transportation safety advocacy group, has re-opened a petition from 2019 in support of the project. The bicycle and pedestrian path would also connect to the West Ashley Greenway, expanding the ongoing network of transportation.
'We ended up – a total of 640 signatures from folks who live within Charleston County. We had approximately 100 additional signatures from folks who live outside the county, but come to the Charleston region specifically to bike,' Katie Zimmerman, executive director of Charleston Moves, said. 'They understood the value of getting across the river as well.'
Zimmerman added she has met with several council members and sent over the signatures ahead of the committee meeting. This project will finally connect West Ashley and Johns Island, as other current projects like the Ashley River Crossing will connect the peninsula to all the way to Johns Island as well.
The public works department plans to recommend a multi-use path, which would widen the existing structure and add concrete barriers. The path would be around nine to ten feet with four 11-foot travel lanes on the Limehouse Bridge.
'I think connectivity in Charleston County is important to all of us. It's been part of our TST projects since the inception of the half-cent sales tax and have currently five to eight miles of multi-use path that this project would connect to. So, I think it's an important aspect,' said Nimz.
The bridge would be integrated with the current Main Road Segment A project, meaning it will be completed at once. The committee meeting is expected to begin at 5 pm. on April 3.
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