We studied the community near the White Horse Walmart to look for safety improvements for people on foot and people on bikes. We found that:
- 8.5% had no access to a motor vehicle.
- Data showed hundreds of people walking and biking to work each day.
We met with SCDOT traffic engineers and learned that there was no funding for needed safety solution such as lighting along White Horse Road.
SCDOT did agree to a low-cost project to install wayfinding signs for a bike route to downtown Greenville.
Our board approved the development of a public-private partnership to make this happen.
We studied various alternatives, and decided on a 2-mile route from the SRT at East Bramlett then to Willis Avenue, Gentry Street and Pendelton Road ending near the QT Station at SC-253 and White Horse Road. These roads are all SCDOT maintained, with low traffic counts.
Board Member Dr. Carl Anderson led our community outreach in partnership with LiveWell Greenville and the Hispanic Alliance to get feedback on our wayfinding signs project.
83% of respondents to our survey would use the bike route. The community agreed the signs should say “Bike Route to Berea and White Horse Road.”
Greenville County Council members Benton Blount and Dan Tripp have generously sponsored a Community Project Grant for the way finding signs.
SCDOT has issued the encroachment permit, and on October 24, 2023 the Greenville County Sign Shop led by Daniel Owens installed the signs.
Below are seven photos taken during installation:
Ty Houck with Greenville County Rec helped us to meet the fundraising goal with this video.
On October 25, Peyton Furtado with WYFF News 4 covered this project on the evening news.
On October 26 the Greenville Journal published a story by reporter Megan Fitzgerald
On October 30 and 31 WSPA News 7 did a report by Chloe Salsameda that was broadcast on several newscasts.
This extensive media coverage has been very gratifying to our non-profit as it is clear that the community welcomes this small project.