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Consultants present mid‑point Trails and Bikeways Master Plan to Greenville City Council
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Summary
Consultants from HAF delivered a midpoint briefing on Greenville’s Trails and Bikeways Master Plan, highlighting safety and connectivity gaps, feasibility corridor studies (including a South Loop along Jack Finney Boulevard), guiding principles and a late‑summer 2026 adoption timeline; corridor cost estimates will be prepared but a citywide cost estimate is not in scope.
Kelsey McNeese of HAF told the Greenville City Council that the Trails and Bikeways Master Plan is "a little over halfway through" and presented draft guiding principles, analysis and next steps for the project.
The presentation said Greenville secured Transportation Alternatives (TA) set‑aside funding in 2023 to develop a stand‑alone master plan that builds on the city’s 2022 comprehensive plan. McNeese said the plan’s purpose is to improve multimodal access and safety, reflect resident and stakeholder priorities, and yield an actionable, prioritized implementation plan.
Consultants summarized work completed in phases one and two: a system inventory, a community tour, stakeholder listening sessions, and a virtual open house held Oct–Dec 2025. They said engagement and data analysis repeatedly identified safety and lack of facilities as the main barriers to walking and biking in Greenville.
Using layered mapping, the team reviewed crash locations, a bicycle 'level of comfort' analysis, and a trip‑potential model that compares residential origins with destinations to identify high‑impact corridors. McNeese pointed to inactive rail corridors, floodplain greenways and wide roadside shoulders as opportunities, and flagged right‑of‑way limits, driveway crossings and floodplain as constraints in several corridors.
The consultants described two feasibility corridor studies already underway, including segments of the planned South Loop Trail along Jack Finney Boulevard. McNeese said the team will produce probable cost estimates for those feasibility corridors but is not scoped to provide cost estimates for the entire network.
Draft guiding principles presented were: create community connections; distribute network priorities equitably across the city; invest thoughtfully and fiscally responsibly; and support health and sustainability. A preliminary typology toolbox showed shared‑use off‑street paths, on‑street bicycle facilities and pedestrian off‑street facilities matched to corridor conditions.
McNeese said the next steps include completing feasibility studies, drafting the recommended network map and associated recommendations, holding a second public open house (with in‑person and virtual options), and preparing an implementation action plan ahead of an anticipated late‑summer 2026 adoption.
The presentation closed with staff and council discussion about offering in‑person and virtual outreach. No formal action was taken on the plan at the meeting; consultants and staff will return with draft recommendations, corridor cost estimates and a public engagement schedule.
