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Council hears neighborhood concerns as master plan proposes pedestrian bridges and a Gullah Geechee heritage park
Summary
Consultants proposed pedestrian and bicycle connections, multiuse trails and a Gullah Geechee Heritage Park as part of the corridor plan; council members and residents urged careful treatment of wetlands, neighborhood access and protections for the Stoney historic community.
The master plan includes multimodal measures intended to separate pedestrians and bicyclists from high‑volume vehicle flows, including continuous multiuse trails on both sides of 278 and a pedestrian bridge where crosswalks would be removed to enable the continuous green‑T operation. Consultants said the pedestrian bridge would be designed to avoid encouraging unsafe at‑grade crossings and would land on town‑owned property where possible.
Council members raised preservation concerns for the Stoney (Stony) historic neighborhood and asked that any design be minimally invasive and respectful of the marsh views and cultural resources. "We have to be particularly careful if [a flyover] goes in this area because that salt marsh is more than just a salt marsh," one council member said, urging the team to prioritize sensitive landscape and architectural design. Consultants noted that the feasibility phase places the bridge as far east as possible to reduce neighborhood impacts and that any wetland impacts would be studied and permitted during preliminary engineering.
