A land swap between N.C. State Parks and Anderson Automotive Group will upgrade the entrance to Umstead Park off Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh.
The new entrance will be at a traffic light that will make coming and going easier for park visitors and follows eight years of negotiations. The state gets 26 acres adjacent to the park and the auto group 23 acres of park land that’s inaccessible to the public.
Fordham Sidepath
The Fordham Sidepath Project in Chapel Hill has already received about $2 million in federal funding and is getting another $1 million from the House Committee on Appropriations’ Community Project Funding Program ($2M was requested). Together with the town’s contribution, this matches the latest construction cost estimates and work is expected to start in the fall, city officials said.
The project updates the sidewalk from asphalt to concrete and adds 3,500 sq. ft. more along the busy and flood-prone Fordham Blvd. (US15-501 corridor) from Cleland to Willow Drive.
Estes Dr. Ext. Project
NC DOT is delaying the start of the Estes Dr. Extension Project another five years (to 2031) and cutting funds to $5-6M. The bike/pedestrian path/sidewalk project was supposed to run from MLK Blvd along Estes Dr. Ext. to the railroad tracks at the town limits where it would connect to the Carrboro greenway.
The first portion of the connectivity project runs from Estes Elementary to MLK, was years late in construction and is widely used by kids and adults, bikers, runners, walkers.