Who: Mayor Daniel J. Rickenmann, District 1 City Councilwoman Tina N. Herbert, District 4 Richland County Councilman Paul Livingston and community partners.
What: The City of Columbia, in partnership with the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), is holding a ribbon cutting press conference to announce the completion of the River Drive Buffered Bike Lane Project.
SCDOT began resurfacing River Drive in February of 2024 as part of their regular maintenance schedule. As the City’s adopted Walk Bike Columbia Master Plan had specific recommendations for buffered bike lanes along River Drive, SCDOT worked to explore a restriping plan with bicyclist accommodations in accordance with SCDOT’s Complete Streets Directive. Given the width of the vehicular lanes along River Drive, the design was able to accommodate buffered bike lanes within the existing right-of-way and roadway surface without reducing the number of travel lanes.
For more information, please visit https://planninganddevelopment.columbiasc.gov/river-drive/.
When: TODAY, December 5, 2024 @ 10:00 a.m.
Where: River Drive near the intersection of Anthony Ave. (Across from the NOMA Community Garden, 2714 River Dr.)