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Richland County transportation staff outlines timelines for major road projects and dirt-road paving
Summary
Director Maloney told the Transportation and Health Committee that Shop Road extension design will begin and typically takes about three years; staff also updated the committee on right-of-way offers for Pine View and Broad River widenings, the county's dirt-road paving package and upcoming ribbon-cuttings.
Director Maloney presented a project update to the Richland County Transportation and Health Committee, detailing work from early design through construction and announcing near-term milestones.
Maloney said projects in preliminary design include Shop Road Extension Phase 2 and that "what is typically going to be a 3 year process for design and bringing us into construction." He said staff will coordinate public meetings for that alignment with the councilmember representing the affected neighborhood.
On right-of-way work, Maloney said offers are being issued for Pine View Road and Broad River Road widenings and that payments are processed after property owners return completed paperwork. He described an internal tracking program to manage approvals and payments with the accounts-payable office.
Maloney explained a design change on Croson/Gross Road is tied to Gilles Creek Watershed Association restrictions. He said runoff must remain in sheet flow, which prevents concentrated outfalls or elevated walkways that would channel stormwater, and staff are coordinating with the city on a road-diet option to move the alignment farther from the creek.
Staff reported ongoing coordination with railroad companies for a downtown/Quarry-area trail that will pass under two railroad overpasses. Maloney said Norfolk Southern's approval could speed CSX's review and keep land acquisition on schedule.
The county's dirt-road paving program was described as a pro rata package intended to bring lagging districts up to parity; Maloney said a package recently advanced 22 projects and identified districts with the greatest backlog. On paving procurement, he noted opportunities to install traffic signals early at Broad River and Pine View because of related bridge or turning-safety needs.
Committee members asked operational questions: whether Sunset Drive will be closed during sidewalk work (Maloney: "Yes, it will."), when Sarah Matthews Road paving will be completed (Maloney said paving is delayed pending a solution for an adjacent private steep road and estimated completion by the end of January once resolved), and whether additional roads in District 6 could be added (Maloney: the current package was scaled to available funding but another bid package is possible if funding holds).
Maloney also announced an Alpine Road ribbon cutting scheduled for Dec. 18 at 10:30 a.m. and said Atlas Road Phase 1A construction will proceed with utility relocation beginning immediately; the Atlas corridor work is expected to take roughly three years.
The committee did not take formal action on project items and staff concluded the update by referring members to the packet pages for more detail.
