GDOT Annual Report 2017

T R A N S P O R T A T I O N

Key Projects that are Underway Across the City

Projects in Process Horse Pen Creek Road In order to meet increased traffic demand and to support develop, Horse Pen Creek Road will be widened between New Garden Road and Battleground Avenue. The project will increase the number of lanes to four and add a landscaped median, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, and bike lanes. Utility lines are currently being relocated for this project and construction is expected to begin in fall 2017. At a total cost of almost $30 million, the Horse Pen Creek Road improvement project will be the City’s most expensive and extensive transportation enhancement project funded solely with City bonds. Horse Pen Creek Road, formerly a state system roadway, was recently acquired by the City to expedite and enhance the transportation improvements.

Summit Avenue Streetscape Summit Avenue and Vanceyville Street will receive streetscape enhancements and improvements, including storm drain improvements, a landscaped median, possible bicycle lanes, decorative street lighting, and other features. The project will stretch from Davie Street downtown out to Sullivan Street along Summit Avenue and Bessemer Avenue to East Lindsay Street along Yanceyville Street.

The City considered two designs: a four-lane road divided with medians, or two-lane road divided with medians and bicycle lanes. City staff met with area residents at two public input meetings in fall 2016 and spring 2017 before choosing the two-lane option. This project is scheduled for construction in the fall of 2018. Construction Underway Downtown Greenway The Downtown Greenway is a planned 4-mile multi- use greenway for walking, bicycling and other non- motorized means of transportation or recreation that will loop around downtown Greensboro. The Downtown Greenway and associated street improvements will cost an estimated $30 million to design and build. The following greenway sections are currently under construction: • Fisher Avenue between Greene Street and Eugene Street • Eugene Street between Fisher Avenue and Smith Street • Bragg Street from Eugene Street to Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive

Alamance Church Road Alamance Church Road will be widened between Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and the City limits. The road will be widened to add a center turn lane, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, and bike lanes. Design is underway and will be complete later this year. Right of way acquisition will start in 2018 and construction is scheduled to start in late 2019. Vandalia Road Vandalia Road will be widened between South Elm- Eugene Street and Pleasant Garden Road. The road will be widened to add a center turn lane, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, and bike lanes. The project is currently in the design phase. Right of way acquisition will start in 2018 and construction is scheduled to start in late in 2019.

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