The Washington Street project is currently in the design phase, for which the city has hired civil engineering firm Thomas & Hutton. It’s estimated the project will cost $982,000, Jenkins said in an email, adding $750,000 of it is coming from a Community Development Block Grant, with the city’s responsibility being $232,000. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development provides federal funding for the grant, which is administered by the SC Commerce Department's division of grants administration. The timetable for construction of the project has not yet been determined.

The SC Transportation Department is designing and will construct the 4th Street multiuse path. The design phase will cost $750,000. SCDOT will cover Phase 1 engineering and design with $600,000 in grant funding, while the city will be responsible for $150,000. The time frame for construction for this project also has not been determined.

“These types of infrastructure projects do typically take years to complete,” Jenkins said.

City manager Daniel Moore said in Hartsville City Council’s January meeting that “the DOT paperwork has been signed. We're ready to go, so we're going to start that process for engineering right now. That is a lengthy project. It's going to take anywhere between four to seven years at the longest, but hopefully they’ll be able to manage that quickly and get through the DOT regulations with the railroad that’s going through there.”

Moore said the multiuse paths “will connect our town in ways we have not had connection before, with safe routes for school, for kids, for walking.”