Folly Road to get sidewalks, crosswalks and bike lanes as agencies coordinate improvements

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) — Folly Road, considered one of South Carolina’s most dangerous roads, is making progress toward safer travel, with sidewalks, crosswalks and bike lanes in the works.

New project management and a new website are now helping keep this multi-jurisdiction effort on track.

“Folly Road is the fourth most dangerous road in the state when it comes to car accidents. We see almost 70,000 cars a day on Folly Road. So, Folly Road is not safe. It is dangerous, it is ugly. And so having really safe pedestrian connectivity is a really important way to get cars off of the road,” Leslie Skardon, City of Charleston council member and chair of the Rethink Folly Road committee, said…

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