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Palmetto Trail seeks $2.75 million for bridge, planning and Greenway connection; nonprofit says FEMA largely ineligible
Summary
Palmetto Trail representatives asked the subcommittee for $1 million to build a Tiger River suspension bridge, $1 million for Saluda Riverwalk planning and $750,000 to connect the Palmetto Trail to the East Coast Greenway; they said the nonprofit is generally ineligible for FEMA public assistance except where trail work is within state parks.
A Palmetto Trail representative, identified in the hearing as Buddy Hammond, told the subcommittee the Palmetto Trail is one of about 16 cross‑state trails in the country and that demand for the route has grown since the pandemic. Hammond said 12 of roughly 500 bridges across the trail were damaged by storms and that, because the Palmetto Trail is a nonprofit, FEMA public‑assistance funding…
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