2018 GDOT Annual Report

B I K E S & P E D E S T R I A N S

include bicycle lanes, as will short-term planned roadway projects on Alamance Church Road, Vandalia Road, and East Gate City Boulevard. Sidewalk Construction GDOT and the City’s Engineering and Inspections Department are also in the midst of a major sidewalk construction efort. New public sidewalks were recently completed on East Florida Street, Randleman Road, and Phillips Avenue, Battleground Avenue, and Cone Boulevard. Lovett Street, Holts Chapel Road, and Lowdermilk Street sidewalk projects are currently under construction. The City has many more sidewalk projects planned over the next year, including sections of Holden Road, Lindsay Street, College Road, New Garden Road, Friendly Avenue, and all of English Street. Roadway projects like the Horse Pen Creek Road widening, Vandalia Road widening, the improvements to the intersections at College Road and Market Street and Battleground at Westridge will also add new sidewalks. Greenway Construction GDOT is also working in partnership with Engineering and Inspections and Parks and Recreation to plan and implement greenway projects across the community. The current push is to complete the Downtown Greenway. Phase 3/2e (along Fisher Avenue and Eugene Streets) was completed earlier this year, as were Sections

1a and 1b, between Eugene Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Phase 2 (along Murrow and Fisher) and Phase 1 C (between Martin Luther King and Gate City Boulevard) are expected to be under construction in late 2018. Another priority is the North Bufalo Creek Greenway that will connect the Revolution Mill and Proximity Printworks Mill redevelopments to Cone Hospital, the Latham Park Greenway, and downtown. A portion of this greenway has been built by the Revolution Mill developer in cooperation with the City. The section along Church Street to Tankersley is slated to be included in NCDOT’s Church Street widening project (construction expected in 2022), and eforts are underway to scope out the section along Tankersley Drive which will tie into the Latham Park Greenway. Assessing Sidewalk Conditions GDOT staf has been working on a project to create an inventory of conditions and features along the City’s sidewalk system. This will allow the City to prioritize sections that are in need of repair. GDOT is coordinating with Field Operations on this efort, and will collaborate on development of a prioritized plan for sidewalk repairs. Analysis work will be completed by late 2018 and development of a plan for future repair will be completed in 2019.

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