The side of Tega Cay Drive that's unfriendly to pedestrian traffic won't be that way for long, thanks to $400,000 in federal stimulus money.
Another federal windfall separate from the stimulus fund will finance the long-awaited Hubert Graham Way road project.
The stimulus money will go to build a combined sidewalk and walking trail from Gold Hill Road at First Properties of The Carolinas to Watertrace Drive and Turner Athletic Field, City Manager Grant Duffield said.
“There is no sidewalk or walking trail on that side of Tega Cay Drive,” Duffield said. “Yet, we have many homes on that section of Tega Cay Drive where we have no pedestrian access.”
An existing sidewalk ends at First Properties, he said. The $400,000 will extend that sidewalk by nearly 3,200 feet, Duffield said.
Work is slated to begin within 60 days and take about that long to complete, Duffield said.
Tega Cay also will receive nearly $750,000 to help complete work on Hubert Graham Way, according to a news release from U.S. Rep. John Spratt, D-York.
Spratt was able to get $712,500 in the new omnibus spending bill to help pay for the new road.
Work is expected to kick off in 90 days, and construction is slated to take up to a year, Duffield said.