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Charleston committee backs municipal agreement to advance Folly Road safety project
Summary
City committee voted to approve execution of a municipal agreement with SCDOT to move a federally funded road safety project on Folly Road (SC-171) into design, after DOT presented crash data and corridor improvements and discussed implications if the Town of James Island declines to sign.
The Traffic and Transportation Committee voted March 24 to authorize execution of a municipal agreement with the South Carolina Department of Transportation to advance a federally funded road safety audit (RSA) for Folly Road (SC-171) on James Island into the full‑design phase.
The decision follows an SCDOT presentation that said the corridor ranked among the state’s highest-priority locations and documented 45 fatal and serious crashes during the RSA study period, with six fatalities (three pedestrian, three vehicular) over the analysis timeframe. "These locations are selected based on crashes, and we prioritize the location based on crashes," DOT safety office representative Sean Sallie told…
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