This week, Greenville City Council got an update on Phase II of a master plan focused on transportation needs downtown, identifying projects that will:

Enhance traffic flow
Reduce congestion
Improve safety
Promote alternative modes of transportation

Phase I's plan was completed in 2019 focused on 28 short-term, relatively low-cost projects that have been completed or are currently underway, like improvements to the Cultural Corridor. It also identified seven corridors that they'd like to take a closer look at as part of Phase II.

What's on the Phase II list?

Short-term projects:

Restrict left turns on Main Street from McBee Avenue to Coffee Street
Create a single-lane roundabout at the McDaniel Avenue, Woodland Way, and University Ridge intersection
Update the eastbound access to Academy Street from Buncombe Street
Create a single-land roundabout at the Washington Street and McBee Avenue intersection
Install dynamic messaging signs on I-385 and North Street into downtown Greenville
Add a bike and pedestrian trail along McDaniel Avenue from McBee Avenue to Ridgeland Drive

Long-term projects:

Close the access ramp from East Park Avenue onto Church Street
Create a quadrant intersection on Church Street at Augusta Street/Mills Avenue
Add a three-legged partial median U-turn on Academy Street at Church Street
Create a single-point urban interchange on Interstate 385 at Stone Avenue/Laurens Road
Reconfigure travel lanes at Pete Hollis Boulevard and Buncombe Street
Remove the traffic light and require right-in/right-out movements to and from East Coffee Street onto North Church Street
Add a connection to the Swamp Rabbit Trail Green Line from the south side of Laurens Road
Improve pedestrian connection to the Church Street bridge
Improve the intersection on Buncombe Street at Butler Avenue and Atwood Street