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Each day, a steady stream of pedestrians cross Meeting Street, the busy four-lane road that travels through the heart of West Columbia’s biggest retail district, heading from a dilapidated parking lot to restaurants, bars and shops.
In the one-mile stretch from the Gervais Street bridge to Ninth Street, only four pedestrian crosswalks exist and three of them exist within the quarter mile stretch just up from the bridge. The placement of the crosswalks and the speeds at which cars in the area drive leaves pedestrians with few safe options for crossing…