A ‘dangerous’ Assembly Street divides downtown Columbia. How much will it take to fix it?

State lawmakers and city leaders want to tap the state budget and grant dollars to get the work off the ground.

Fixing the pedestrian headache downtown has a $16 million estimated price tag, but just $3 million is currently available.

The University of South Carolina led a $4.6 million project to make similar pedestrian improvements on Assembly between Blossom and Pendleton streets in 2013 .