This Midlands city is adding a walking trail near its downtown. Here’s where.
The City of Cayce is set to add a half-mile walking and biking trail to a wooded area close to its downtown arts district.
The project, which was initially approved by the Central Midlands Council of Governments in April 2023, will feature a 14-foot-wide concrete path that stretches just short of half a mile. Cayce City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to finance the project.
“This extends down Foreman Street to other businesses, allowing pedestrians and bicycles to get out of the roadway, but also to allow them safely to progress further around our city. We look forward to hopefully do more of this further down the road ... our city is full of bicyclists and we’re blessed for it and this is an avenue for them,” City Manager Mike Conley told the city council Thursday.
The trail, built along a closed rail bed corridor, will stretch from 2350 Foreman St., right in front of Steel Hands Brewing, to Frink Street, just down from the city-proclaimed river arts district on State Street. It’s anticipated to cost just shy of $500,000 for the planning and building of the trail. The city has agreed to pay $97,000 of that, while the South Carolina Department of Transportation, using a federal-aid grant, will supply $391,000.
It’ll join two separate projects that, when completed, will essentially connect Frink Street from State Street all the way down to James Street for pedestrians.
One project, which will place sidewalk from State Street to Foreman Street, will be funded by a grant from the S.C. Department of Transportation. SCDOT will pay just shy of $500,000 to relocate utilities for that trail. The other project, which’ll stretch new sidewalk from Foreman Street to James Street, is set to be completed with funding from Lexington County, Conley told City Council Thursday.
The city’s Mayor Elise Partin said the projects were “good progress for our residents,” during the Thursday night council meeting.
There’s not a set timeline for construction on the project, but city officials hope to have one soon, a spokesperson told The State.
