I have a couple of pieces of information that I want to pass along today. First is an announcement from City Manager Jim Bourey that construction is soon to begin on a new 1.5-mile long section of Greenway Trail. The RiverWalk trail, which will connect Cleveland Park to Greenville Tech, will be 13 feet wide with 8 feet of asphalt and 5 feet of rubberized asphalt for runners. The trail will run along the Reedy River and will connect to the Swamp Rabbit trail as it goes through town. Read more about the new trail on the City’s news release document here.I also want to let you know about an upcoming public presentation of the proposed GPATS (Greenville-Pickens Area Transportation Study) Regional Transportation Plan. The presentation, which will cover proposed highway improvements as well as mass transit, bicycle, and pedestrian improvement plans, will take place at 1:00pm on Tuesday August 21st at the Carolina First Center (formerly the Palmetto Expo Center). A drop-in open house will follow the presentation from 2-6. I encourage all of you who are interested in bicycle transportation to attend this event. You can find out more about it by following the “transportation planning” link from the Greenville Planning website. I would also encourage you to check out the Pedestrian and Bicycle section of the proposal document. A pdf of that section can be downloaded here. It is a large file, but it is full of great information and is worth reading before attending the presentation. This is definitely something that will be worthwhile for those of you who have expressed interest in bicycle projects in the county. I hope to see some of you at the Carolina First center in a few weeks.
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I also read that they will definitely be building an underpass on River Street that goes between RiverPlace and Linky Stone Park. I first heard of this plan when I spoke to the mayor earlier this year at the Bike 2 Work event. This will be a most-welcome renovation, as cars turning onto River St. don't have much time to react to pedestrians and/or cyclists.
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