Hunter Street closed

Closure of Hunter Street first step in plan to improve traffic flow

Simpsonville, S.C. — After a city-wide public hearing in April and extensive discussions, Simpsonville City Council voted to realign traffic patterns in downtown Simpsonville.

The realignment discussion included streets adjacent to the main downtown thoroughfares. Due to speeding, the disregarding of stop signs and cut-through traffic in the neighborhood of League Estates, Hunter Street was closed starting Nov. 23, 2022.

Many drivers, including tractor-trailer and commercial vehicle operators, are attempting to circumvent the traffic signals on Main Street and using North and South Pliney streets as cut-throughs to Jonesville Road in order to travel to the east side of the City and vice-versa. The pattern of cut-throughs has created an undue burden on the residents of League Estates. While there are other neighborhoods inside the city limits where cut-through traffic is problematic, there are no evident solutions to that cut-through traffic like the closure of Hunter Street for League Estates.

The City asks all residents to be patient as the changes start. The closure of Hunter Street is the first step in the City's overall plan to improve traffic flow throughout the downtown area. In addition, landscape medians on Main Street will be removed, College and Curtis streets will become one-way streets, thereby creating better movement of vehicles, and additional traffic signals will be added at the intersections of Church and College streets and Maple and College streets. Multiple studies have been conducted by traffic engineers to help the City optimize the existing roadways.

City leadership believes these solutions provide the best outcome for residents and visitors alike.