Jerdone Bypass Engineeering Funded

The Charleston County Transportation Committee approved funding for the "Jerdone Bypass" engineering.  The Town requested CTC funding for engineering and design work for a sidewalk from Fort Johnson Road along Jerdone and Stiles Drive to Mikell Drive.   Construction of the sidewalk will need to be funded in the future.   The reason for what we call the "Jerdone Bypass" is that the Fort Johnson sidewalk project, which is slated to run all the way from Fort Johnson to Folly Road, will have an incomplete segment.   Because of grand trees and drainage issues, there will be no sidewalks along Fort Johnson Road from Mikell to Canopy Cove.   The "Jerdone Bypass" will allow pedestrians to avoid that segment, turning down Jerdone, then Stiles, and then Mikell, and finally returning to Fort Johnson.