This week, Greenville City Council got an update on Phase II of a master plan focused on transportation needs downtown, identifying projects that will:
- Enhance traffic flow
- Reduce congestion
- Improve safety
- Promote alternative modes of transportation
Phase I’s plan was completed in 2019 focused on 28 short-term, relatively low-cost projects that have been completed or are currently underway, like improvements to the Cultural Corridor. It also identified seven corridors that they’d like to take a closer look at as part of Phase II.
What’s on the Phase II list?
Short-term projects:
- Restrict left turns on Main Street from McBee Avenue to Coffee Street
- Create a single-lane roundabout at the McDaniel Avenue, Woodland Way, and University Ridge intersection
- Update the eastbound access to Academy Street from Buncombe Street
- Create a single-land roundabout at the Washington Street and McBee Avenue intersection
- Install dynamic messaging signs on I-385 and North Street into downtown Greenville
- Add a bike and pedestrian trail along McDaniel Avenue from McBee Avenue to Ridgeland Drive
Long-term projects:
- Close the access ramp from East Park Avenue onto Church Street
- Create a quadrant intersection on Church Street at Augusta Street/Mills Avenue
- Add a three-legged partial median U-turn on Academy Street at Church Street
- Create a single-point urban interchange on Interstate 385 at Stone Avenue/Laurens Road
- Reconfigure travel lanes at Pete Hollis Boulevard and Buncombe Street
- Remove the traffic light and require right-in/right-out movements to and from East Coffee Street onto North Church Street
- Add a connection to the Swamp Rabbit Trail Green Line from the south side of Laurens Road
- Improve pedestrian connection to the Church Street bridge
- Improve the intersection on Buncombe Street at Butler Avenue and Atwood Street
