15×30 Update: Berkeley Drive breaks ground soon

Hey Green Crescent Trail friends,

Below is a quick update on progress towards our community’s goal of 15 miles of connected Green Crescent Trail by the year 2030 (aka 15×30).

Things are still moving forward!

🛠️ Under construction

Downtown / College Ave Streetscape (City of Clemson). Construction began in March and continues as of early July to make wider sidewalks, raised crosswalks, and other pedestrian-friendly spaces.

Right now the city has completed work on the Tiger Sports Shop / Tigertown side of the road and has moved to the opposite side (TDs/Loose Change).

Here are a few July 1st update pictures from the City of Clemson:

📋 In the works

Hwy 93 Sidepath (Town of Central). In March, the SC Department of Transportation approved a $589,302 bid from Southern Concrete & Construction to build this section of the Green Crescent Trail.

Per their contract, construction should be complete by November 30, 2026, and we’re hoping it will begin this summer.

This is a 0.635-mile sidepath connecting downtown Central to Tarrant St at the future Central Fire Station. We hope a future project will also connect to the campus of Southern Wesleyan University.

You can see a Facebook video update we made recently: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1J6Wd2qxpt/

Berkeley Drive / Berkeley Orchard (City of Clemson). Construction is due to begin on this segment any day now in early July. 

On May 18th City Council voted to approve a contractor bid for the 1.5-mile sidepath between Frontage Rd and Issaqueena Trail. This will connect Clemson Elementary and Clemson Park to a new loop and green space called  Berkeley Orchard (corner of Issaqueena Trail and Berkeley Drive). 

You can see a short Facebook video update on this segment here: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Bchr13bQJ/ 

Green Crescent Trail Signage Plan (network-wide). We are still awaiting final designs from Guerilla Graphix on a unified signage system for trailheads and wayfinding across all GCT segments. 

Once the conceptual designs are finished, we plan to add new trailhead, wayfinding, and concrete logo stamps to existing Green Crescent Trail paths.

🔭 Future Plans

Nettles Park to Berkeley Orchard (City of Clemson). Still waiting on signatures for private easements. If they come through, design and construction can move forward on connecting the Berkeley Drive and Berkeley Orchard paths to Nettles Park.

The Big Picture

Several miles of new trail and pedestrian improvements are scheduled to come online in 2026. This could be the most fruitful year for the GCT in its history!

So with more trails finally being built, our top 2026 priority as an organization is to improve the visibility, wayfinding, and trailhead access of the existing and new Green Crescent Trail so that the network is more user friendly.

We’ll share more updates as we get them.

Thanks for your support!

Chad Carson
Founding Board Member
Friends of the Green Crescent