For seven weekends each fall, nearly 80,000 fans descend on Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. For thousands of those Gamecock fans, their only way to the University of South Carolina’s stadium has involved a dangerous trek along four- to six-lane roads where nothing separates them from the rush of traffic.
Lawmakers and fans have long been concerned about the dangerous conditions for pedestrians on stretches of Rosewood Drive and George Rogers Boulevard near the stadium.
“I’m always appalled when I’m leaving a game and see pedestrians having no sidewalk to walk on,” said state Rep. Seth Rose, D-Richland…