"This project is about more than building a trail; it's about building connections across our community," Mayor Will Haynie said at the Kenny Mile groundbreaking on May 6, 2026. The second half of that sentence works as a description of the whole Mount Pleasant Way right now. The shared-use network the Town has planned for years is still not one continuous trail. It is a set of separate segments. Look at where each segment starts and ends, though, and a pattern shows up. The finished pieces form two clusters. One sits around Park West and Porcher's Bluff, and the other climbs north from Patriots Point Road toward Mathis Ferry. The construction underway in 2026 fills gaps inside those two clusters. The busy corridors between them, Coleman Boulevard and Ben Sawyer Boulevard among them, are still being designed.
For a regular walker or cyclist, that changes the question. The useful question is which chain you live on and what it will connect next, rather than whether the trail is done.
Where the Finished Path Actually Is
The Town's Mount Pleasant Way status map describes the network as a planned system of primary and secondary routes linking parks, schools, shopping and cultural landmarks. The Town's GIS layer lists each segment by its endpoints and status. Sorted by geography, it shows the two clusters clearly.
| Segment | Extent | Status in Town records |
|---|---|---|
| Park West Boulevard | 2.1 miles | Complete |
| Hamlin Trail | 2.7 miles | Complete |
| Billy Swails Boulevard | Hamlin Road to Porcher's Bluff Road, 1.0 mile | Complete |
| Park Avenue Boulevard | Carolina Park Boulevard to Darrell Creek Trail | Complete |
| Darrell Creek Trail | Park Avenue Boulevard to Commonwealth Drive | Complete |
| All American Trail | Lexington Drive to Park West Boulevard | Completed October 2025 |
| Kenny Mile | Park West Trail system to Porcher's Bluff Road, about 1.25 miles | Under construction |
| Wingo Way | Patriots Point Road to Sandpiper Drive | Complete |
| Scanlonville | Wingo Way to 5th Avenue, 0.5 mile | Complete |
| Mathis Ferry Road | 5th Avenue to Eagle Street, 1.1 miles | Under construction |
| Mathis Ferry Road | Eagle Street to US 17, 0.5 mile | In design |
Three of the finished northern segments, Park West Boulevard, Hamlin Trail and Billy Swails Boulevard, add up to 5.8 miles on their own. On the southern side, the finished Scanlonville segment is listed at 0.5 mile, and the longest stretch, the 1.1-mile Mathis Ferry segment, is still under construction. The endpoints also line up on paper. Billy Swails and the Kenny Mile both end at Porcher's Bluff Road. Wingo Way runs into Scanlonville, and Scanlonville ends at 5th Avenue, which is where the Mathis Ferry construction begins.
Matching endpoints don't guarantee an unbroken route, and the Town's "Complete" labels are an inventory, not a promise that a given stretch has no temporary closure. They do show what the Town is building toward.
The Mile That Stitches Park West Together
The All American Trail runs beside the All American Boulevard extension, which the Town opened with a ribbon cutting on November 12, 2025. The road runs from near Wholesale Appliance to the Park West Boulevard roundabout near US 17, and the Town says the trail sections give people on foot and on bikes access to the Park West shopping centers. Live 5 described the path as 8 to 10 feet wide, landscaped and lit, with separate bike lanes from George Browder Boulevard to Park West.
The Kenny Mile is the piece that ties All American into the rest of the northern cluster. The Town describes it as about 1.25 miles connecting the existing Park West Trail system to Porcher's Bluff Road and linking to the All American path. Most of it runs inside the Mount Pleasant Waterworks easement, set back more than 60 feet from US 17. It will also include more than 360 feet of boardwalk over freshwater wetlands, the first boardwalk anywhere in the Mount Pleasant Way network, plus parklets with benches, water fountains and educational features.
The trail is named for Kenny Seamon, whose work helped shape many of the town's neighborhoods, parks and public spaces. "He loved being outside, he loved being active, and he loved building beautiful places, so this project is perfect," said his son Russ Seamon, president of SeamonWhiteside. The project is a public-private partnership with the Kenny Mile Foundation, and the Town expects construction to finish by summer 2027.
More path is coming to this end of town as well. Billy Swails Boulevard Phase 4B broke ground March 20, 2026, as the final link in the Hungryneck Boulevard corridor. The Town describes it as a divided two-lane road with a 10-foot multiuse path, with completion expected in fall 2027. According to June committee minutes, that work started with silt fencing, Mount Pleasant Waterworks moving utilities on Rifle Range Road, and a four- to six-week observation period for the yellow spotted turtle before a tree walk. The Park West Boulevard and Stockdale Street roundabout, which was at 65 percent design in June, now includes trail sections for the Park Avenue and Carolina Park portions of the Mount Pleasant Way, funded through a Charleston County Greenbelt application. It is expected to go out to bid in early 2027.
The Southern Chain Carries the Town's History
The southern cluster is shorter, and it runs through Scanlonville, one of Mount Pleasant's oldest communities. Live 5 has reported that Scanlonville was settled after the Civil War by formerly enslaved people. John Scanlon bought 614 acres of the former Remley's Plantation and set up the Charleston Land Company so that Black residents could own land. One hundred African American men each bought a $10 share, and the property was laid out with lots, streets and common areas as a planned community.
The Scanlonville Praise Parklet is the Town's work to mark that history along the trail. The East Cooper Civic Club is a partner, and the plans call for interpretive signage and native landscaping that tell the community's story. Lowcountry praise houses served Gullah Geechee communities as spiritual and communal centers where African customs and Christian faith came together. In June, the Town reported the parklet substantially complete and said staff were working with the Civic Club on the signage and a formal groundbreaking. The July 6 committee presentation lists its construction as complete. That presentation is the latest Town update available, and it gives no date for the groundbreaking. The same presentation lists the Scanlonville Praise House Trail as under construction. That trail may be a different piece from the Wingo Way to 5th Avenue segment the GIS marks complete.
North of 5th Avenue, the chain continues as the Mathis Ferry Trail. Crews are building the 1.1 miles to Eagle Street, and the last half mile from Eagle Street to US 17 is in design. Stantec is handling that design work. That design segment came up at the June committee meeting. A committee member asked about survey tape that had appeared on trees between Eagle Street and US 17. Staff said the tape was only for documenting existing conditions so the design could limit impacts, and that it had no bearing on which trees would stay or go. Staff also said a tree walk would be held for that segment, as one was for the previous section, and that adjacent property owners would be notified.
Separately, the Town lists sidewalk along Von Kolnitz Road and pedestrian path delineation on Mathis Ferry Road among its active pedestrian projects, along with RRFBs and raised crosswalks on Harry M. Hallman Jr. Boulevard.
The Patriots Point Trail is also listed as completed in October 2025. The Town's project page did not load during our research, so we have not confirmed its exact route.
The Corridors Between the Chains
The busiest roads, the ones that would connect the two clusters and reach the rest of town, are all still in design as of the July presentation:
- Coleman Trail: design underway with GFT
- Ben Sawyer Trail: design underway with GFT
- Long Point Trail, I-526 to Whipple Road: design underway with Kimley-Horn
- Rifle Range Trail, Venning Road to Bragg Drive: design underway with Mead & Hunt
- Park Avenue Boulevard and Carolina Park Boulevard Trails: under design with Mead & Hunt
- SC 41 Trail: under design with HDR
None of these trails has a published construction date. As of the July update, funding for the design work was also undecided. The Town applied for a federal grant of about $10 million on February 24, 2026, to design the remaining spine sections. Staff said in June they expected a decision by the end of summer. The July presentation still listed the application as submitted, with no award reported.
What to Put on the Calendar
- Now: the All American, Park West Boulevard, Hamlin, Billy Swails, Darrell Creek, Wingo Way and Scanlonville segments are listed as complete in Town records.
- Pending: a formal groundbreaking and interpretive signage for the Scanlonville Praise Parklet, which the Town is coordinating with the East Cooper Civic Club.
- Early 2027: bid for the Park West Boulevard and Stockdale Street roundabout and its trail sections.
- Summer 2027: expected completion of the Kenny Mile, the first boardwalk in the network.
- Fall 2027: expected completion of Billy Swails Boulevard Phase 4B and its 10-foot path.
These are the Town's projected dates. Build schedules move, and the All American Boulevard project, which Live 5 reported in March 2025 was expected to finish by August, held its ribbon cutting in November.
Being close to a finished trail segment, or one under construction, is the kind of block-by-block detail that matters when you weigh one street against another in Mount Pleasant. If you're thinking about what the Kenny Mile or the Mathis Ferry work could mean for a home you own or one you're considering, Crown Coast can walk you through it. Work With Us.