Ask Royale: When will downtown Greenville's Cultural Corridor be completed?

Question: We heard a lot about the "Cultural Corridor," which will dramatically enhance walkability and safety between the Heritage Green area and downtown.  What is the current schedule for beginning and completing construction?

Answer: The Cultural Corridor is the section of College and Buncombe streets between Main Street and Heritage Green.

The City of Greenville website describes the project as a "road diet," reducing vehicle travel lanes, removing on-street parking and adding pedestrian paths and planting strips.

The Academy Bypass/Cultural Corridor is being completed in phases according to Beth Brotherton, City of Greenville Communications.

Phase One of construction has already been completed. Phase One was construction at the intersection of Academy/Church.

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Phases 2-4 will be advertised for bids on construction in May and will include the rest of the Academy Bypass, which needs to be completed prior to removing a lane from College Street. This is the work at the intersections of Elford/Academy and East North/Academy, as well as the Elford Road diet.

Phase 5 will be advertised in early June. The final piece of construction will be the street scaling on College Street itself.

Construction on the remaining phases should all begin this summer and the final phase is expected to be complete in late 2024.

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