Folly Road / Camp Road Intersection Improvements

The Folly Road and Camp Road Intersection Improvements Project on James Island involves improvements to Folly Road from approximately 1,000 feet south of Camp Road to the intersection with Eugene Gibbs Street and Rivers Point Row and improvements to Camp Road from West Madison Avenue to Oyster Point Row. The major components of the project improvements are:

  • Folly Road will be widened to provide an additional turn lane for the traffic turning left from Folly Road onto Camp Road. A dedicated right-turn lane will be added for traffic turning right from Folly Road onto Camp Road.
     
  • Camp Road will be widened so that two lanes of traffic can turn left from Folly Road onto Camp Road. Dedicated left turn lanes will be added on both sides of Camp Road approaching Folly Road. A dedicated right turn lane will be added on Camp Road turning right on Folly Road toward downtown Charleston.
     
  • Eugene Gibbs Street and Rivers Point Row will be realigned at Folly Road. Dedicated left-turn lanes will be added on Eugene Gibbs Street and Rivers Point Row for traffic turning onto from these streets onto Folly Road. A dedicated right-turn lane will be provided on Rivers Point Row for traffic turning onto Folly Road.
     
  • Four-foot wide bicycle lanes and five-foot wide sidewalks will be added on both sides of Folly Road from Calvary Baptist Church to the Eugene Gibbs Street and Rivers Point Row intersection. A five-foot wide sidewalk will be constructed on Camp Road from Folly Road to Oyster Point Row (on the side of the road where the fire station is located). All sidewalks have been designed to meander around existing grand trees.
     
  • Stoplight upgrades will be made at the intersections of Camp Road at Folly Road and Eugene Gibbs Street/Rivers Point Road at Folly Road. The upgraded stoplights will include pedestrian hand/man signals for the improved crosswalks.
     
  • Improvements to roadway and drainage including new catch basins, cleaned ditches, curb and gutter, larger sized drainage pipes and water quality measures.
     
  • Numerous grand live oak trees that line Camp Road will be protected during construction.

Project Status

Construction is expected to start in Winter 2012.

Past Public Meetings

The third public meeting was held on Aug. 27, 2008 from 7 - 9 p.m. at James Island Charter High School.

 

Project Schedule

Project Documents

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