The Town has had a sidewalk planning map since 2014. It was last updated in 2017. Here is the most recent version.
Its focus is on Town initiatives, but it includes other James Island projects as well. The green lines are existing sidewalks, though sidewalks interior to some of the newer neighborhoods are not included. These are sidewalks along primary and secondary roads. The blue lines represent approved sidewalks. Funding has been identified, and they are in the process of final design, permitting, bid for construction, or construction. The purple lines represent sidewalks where a conceptual study has been done. This involves an engineering firm looking at the segment and determining feasible options and some estimate of cost. Finally, the orange lines represent areas where there are plans for sidewalks or multi-use paths, but no engineering has been completed, even at a conceptual level.
The major updates since 2017 are that Phase I of the sidewalk on Dills Bluff is now complete as is the Seaside Lane sidewalk. The Dills Bluff sidewalk was funded by the Town along with some money from the State. (Thank you Representative Peter McCoy.) The Seaside Lane project was funded by the Town along with a grant from Charleston County's Transportation Sales Tax. The Town managed the Dills Bluff project and construction for the Seaside Lane project was managed by Charleston County.
The boardwalk that will complete Phase I on Dills Bluff is in the approved category, but design and permitting are complete and the construction bid has been approved. It should be complete within a couple of months. The boardwalk project is being managed and funded by the Town.
On Folly Road, the sidewalks and bike lanes for the Camp and Folly improvement project are complete. That project was managed by Charleston County and funded by its Transportation Sales Tax.
The conceptual plan for sidewalks from Ellis Creek to Eugene Gibbs that the Town developed has moved to the "approved" category. Funding has been identified and design is being completed with construction likely in 2020. What was a "future plan" for a sidewalk continuing to the south on Folly is now also in the approved category ending at Pittsford Street (or perhaps George Griffith.) These segments make up "Phase I" of the Rethink Folly project, and it is being managed by Charleston County and funded by the Town of James Island, the City of Charleston, Charleston County, and a complete streets grant of federal money provided by the Council of Governments.
There are three other phases of the Rethink Folly Road project. The Rethink Folly Road Steering Committee has recommended a multi-use path continuing to the south all the way to the City of Folly Beach. Given the work done by Charleston County and its consultant, the Revere Group, it is now rated as a "conceptual plan" rather than a future plan.
The conceptual plan to complete the sidewalk on Camp Road to Riverland has been shifted to "approved status." The project is being managed by Charleston County and the sidewalks will be completed from Folly Road to Riverland Drive and then along Riverland Drive to the County Park and the Senior Center. The project is funded by the County's Transportation Sales Tax.
The Town initiated a project to complete the sidewalk on Quail Drive to the Recreation Center. That now has approved status. Funding has been identified and design is being completed. It is partially funded by Transportation Sales Tax money along with Town money with the project managed by Charleston County. We hope it will be completed this summer.
The Lighthouse Blvd project has moved from conceptual plan to approved status. The project is currently in design and permitting. The County is managing the project. The Town is contributing funding but it is now a Transportation Sales Tax Project. We hope to see construction in 2020.
We at the Town are kept well informed regarding projects in and around our area of jurisdiction. That is yellow area of the map. We do put information regarding projects in various stages of development in other areas of James Island.
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