MORNING HEADLINES | Charleston City Council is expected at its meeting today to approve a $1.1 million contract to jumpstart construction on the Lowcountry Lowline. The two-phase connectivity plan will add new parks and amenities to the already existing skate park in the area.
The first phase of construction is planned to run from Mount Pleasant Street to Line Street along an old railroad bed under Interstate 26. Plans call for two paths, a 12-foot-wide bike trail and a 10-foot-wide walkway, separated by a landscaped median and a new passive park along the route.
City leaders are also eyeing Newmarket Creek as another part of the project to incorporate the area into the project as a park. The creek runs under I-26 and flows into the Cooper River.
“The more amenities that we can put in that can kind of connect to other pieces of the city that are beautiful and kind of highlight the beauty of the Lowcountry, the better,” a spokesman said. “Better way to get people outside and out of their car.”
The Lowcountry Lowline project is a 2015 initiative aimed at bringing a multi-use pathway along the peninsula, transforming the abandoned railway line under I-26 into a connector between West Ashley, North Charleston, downtown Charleston and Mount Pleasant.
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