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City of Charleston Council Committees

Traffic & Transportation Committee
Tuesday, July 15
3 pm
City Hall (80 Broad St, 29401) or YouTube (@CityofCharlestonSCgov)

Charleston City Council’s Traffic & Transportation Committee has several important issues on its agenda for this Tuesday:

• Ashley River Crossing update (agenda item 3);
• Lowline phase 1 project update (agenda item 4);
• Lowline construction requests (agenda item 5);
• Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant update (agenda item 8);
• Maybank/Riverland intersection discussion (agenda item 10).

The Ashley River Crossing (Ashley River Bicycle & Pedestrian Bridge) update likely pertains to the construction change order that is on the Ways & Means Committee’s agenda (that meeting starts at 4:30 pm and the Ashley River Bridge is item 12). The change order contains several requests, including removing the Wappoo Road/West Ashley Greenway intersection from the project because the County’s project to install a multi-use path along Wappoo from the Greenway to the Bikeway will now apparently incorporate the Greenway intersection work. We have a few questions out to city staff for clarification on this change and others. 

The Lowline construction requests specifically relate to the City requesting ownership and maintenance responsibility for sections of Romney Street, Cypress Street, and Huger Street, each from King Street to Meeting Street. These are where mid-block crossings for the Lowline will be located.  

The SS4A grant update will include sharing the draft Safety Action Plan with the committee, as well as letting the committee know about the City’s SS4A grant application that was just submitted to USDOT for project implementation. 

City Council’s Ways & Means Committee will also include: a contract for the Hagood Avenue Improvement Plan (item 6); an amendment to the contract for the Lowline parking lots (item 8); the Ashley River Bridge change order as previously mentioned (item 12); an increased award agreement from SCDOT for the St. Thomas Island Nowell Creek Crossing (item 13); a contract for construction of the St. Thomas Island Nowell Creek Crossing (item 14).  

Most of these items will also come up at City Council, which starts at 5 pm.

Rethink Folly Road

Steering Committee Meeting
Wednesday, July 16 
3 pm
James Island Town Hall (1122 Dills Bluff Rd, 29412)

Agenda: 

I. Welcome and Call to Order – Chair Brook Lyon

II. Approval of Minutes – Chair Lyon

May 14th, 2025, Steering Committee meeting minutes will be reviewed for approval.

III. Public Comments

IV. Old Business

A) Road Safety Audit

B) Consultant Discussion

C) Folly Beach Center Street Stormwater Project Update

D) Charleston County Central Park Road Project Update

V. New Business

A) Camp Road Middle School Traffic

B) Other

VI. Jurisdictional Updates – Various

Updates on upcoming, ongoing, and/or approved projects.

VII. Next Meeting – September 17, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

VIII. Adjourn

Highway 61 Safety Improvements

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Following Road Safety Audits conducted by SCDOT in February and March of 2023, in partnership with stakeholders including Charleston Moves, the agency presented findings and recommendations for the public’s review and input. While the comment period has closed, our petition in support of separated bike lanes and an improved crossing at the intersection of 61 and the Maryville Bikeway is still open.

We submitted signatures received so far along with our comment letter to SCDOT. We will resubmit the signatures (as well as new ones) to the agency once SCDOT revises their concepts and brings them back for further review.

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