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Charleston committee backs $15 million for first phase of Low Line, urges wider TIF plan
Summary
The City of Charleston Traffic and Transportation Committee recommended that City Council and Ways & Means authorize $15 million from the Cooper River Bridge TIF to fund phase one of the Low Line linear park and path, while members pressed for a comprehensive plan addressing drainage and TIF-area priorities.
The City of Charleston Traffic and Transportation Committee on Jan. 28 recommended that City Council and the Ways & Means Committee approve $15,000,000 in Cooper River Bridge TIF funds to pay for the first phase of the Low Line linear park and multiuse path.
Committee members said the money would fund the path from Mount Pleasant Street to Line Street, with a proposed Phase 2 extending to Marion Square. The committee vote to carry the request forward passed with the ayes prevailing and one abstention.
The Low Line proposal, first conceived in 2013, is planned as a linear park and bike-pedestrian corridor that its proponents say would link redevelopment projects and provide a nonvehicle connection for peninsula residents. City speakers said the $15 million figure covers the path…
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