This is not entirely SHA responsibility by any means (the bus stop may have been placed without our knowledge or it is possible it was put in by the county and if so, it would be their responsibility to provide access from the bus stop to the nearest intersection). There are actually two other bus stops at the intersection of U.S. 29 at Southwood right down the road.

It is a state route, but it is not always SHA’s responsibility to construct sidewalks on state roads, since SHA does not ultimately own nor maintain any sidewalks in the state.

That is why it can be complicated — every county has its own sidewalk ordinance and counties themselves can build sidewalks on state roads as well.

SHA agrees this bus stop is in a less than desirable location. There is continuous sidewalk on the other side of U.S. 29 leading all the way down to the intersection at Southwood Drive, therefore there is no compelling reason anyone should be crossing U.S. 29 in an attempt to use this mid-block bus stop.