The Town had requested Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax funds to complete Phase I of the Camp Road sidewalk Project. This phase was to connect the sidewalk that will be extended along Fort Johnson Road to the corner of Dills Bluff and Camp by Town Hall.
It looks like this project will go forward. Because of issues in obtaining right-of-way on Fort Johnson, Charleston County has proposed shifting the route of the sidewalk so that it will go down Camp to the corner of Dills Bluff and Camp and then go down Dills Bluff back to Fort Johnson. This would complete Phase I of the Camp Road project. The Town is also very interested in including sidewalks on Dills Bluff. There is sufficient existing right-of-way to complete this route.
On the whole, this "Camp and Dills Bluff" bypass will do more to complete the sidewalk network in the Town than would a more direct route down Fort Johnson. We will put completing the sidewalk along Fort Johnson between Camp and Dills Bluff on our "to do" list.
I plan to request funding from Town Council in May to do the design work for Phase II of the Camp Road project. Phase II runs between the new side walk that was installed as part of the intersection improvements for Camp and Dills Bluff to the end of the existing sidewalk near Secessionville Road. After the design work is complete, we will work to get it constructed.
The City of Charleston has requested Transportation Sales Tax money to complete the sidewalk between Camp and Folly and Riverland Drive. The Town wrote a letter in support of that project, which includes substantial Town jurisdiction between the shopping center at Camp and Folly, in front of Fort Johnson Middle and then past that on to Yorktown. City jurisdiction starts just past there in front of Biship Gadsden and then on to Riverland Drive. That is Phase III for the Town. If the City's proposal isn't funded, we will continue to work to get the Town's segment completed.
The full Camp Road project is to have a sidewalk along Camp Road from Fort Johnson to Riverland. We hope that sidewalk access to James Island County Park along Riverland Drive will become possible soon as well.
Can you give us an update on the Fort Johnson road Sidewalk project? I live in the Riverland woods community and work at the MRD campus along with many others whom would all walk or bike to work everyday if it didn't involve riding on this very dangerous road.
ReplyDeleteThe last report was that construction should start by the end of the year. However, there were still a few right of way issues.
ReplyDeleteThis relates to the Camp Road project because the current plan is to run the sidewalk down camp and then from the corner of camp and dills bluff back over to Fort Johnson.
There is also a planned missing piece between Canopy Cove and Mikell Dr.
The Town plans what we call the Jerdone bypass-- running from Jerdone to Stiles and then down to Mikell.