As the city of Greenville’s population continues to grow, so does the number of people on its roadways.
In an effort to improve safety and reduce traffic congestion along major corridors and neighborhoods, the city has created an Intelligent Traffic System master plan. City council reviewed the traffic management updates during a work session on June 26.
A new traffic management center is under construction at the city’s Public Safety Complex on Halton Road. The center will allow for remote monitoring of traffic conditions, incidents and congestion that can be conveyed to the public through emergency alerts.
Since 2014, the city and the South Carolina Department of Transportation have invested $17.9 million into traffic management.
This investment includes the city’s contribution of $8 million from the Neighborhood Infrastructure Bond which will help fund a variety of projects such as:
- Additional school zone signage for improved safety.
- Uninterruptible power supply for traffic signals to use during power outages.
- Travel time monitoring via cameras that analyze roadway traffic.
- Video detection cameras for traffic signal operations.
- Video monitoring installed on high-priority corridors to review traffic conditions.
- Emergency and transit vehicle pre-emption.
Council was also updated on current traffic studies and improvement projects along major city roadways including the Central Business District, Stone Avenue, Augusta Street and North Pleasantburg Drive.
A recap of the June 26 meeting of the Greenville City Council.
- Council appointed Shannon Lavrin to be the new city manager for Greenville. She previously served as assistant city manager and will be the first female city manager.
- Council gave initial approval for $7.7 million to be appropriated from the parking fund to prepay the operating expenses of the Greenville Transit Authority. This agreement was created to replace the city’s previously approved purchase of GTA’s property on Augusta Street.
