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Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Request Additional Federal Direct Attributable Funding from the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization in the Amount of $431,200, with a Required $107,800 Local Grant Match from the City for the Downtown Trail Phase 1 Design Project
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Department:
WMPO
Meeting Date:
3/18/2025
Contact Name:
Abby Lorenzo
Public Hearing:
No
Contact Phone:
910-341-7890
Advertising Date/Advertised By:
N/A
Attachments:
Attachment #1: Resolution
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this resolution is to authorize the City Manager to request additional federal Direct Attributable ("DA") funding from the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization ("WMPO") for the Downtown Trail Phase 1 Design Project.
BACKGROUND:
The Downtown Trail was identified in the New Hanover County/City of Wilmington Comprehensive Greenway Plan in 2013 as a 5.9-mile, multi-use path providing connection between Downtown Wilmington, and the parks and neighborhoods east of downtown to Forest Hills. Ranked as the top priority project within this plan, benefits of the proposed trail include a dedicated bicycle and pedestrian facility that will provide a safe means of connectivity to transit and other Downtown amenities for traditionally underserved communities within the Northside and Love Grove Neighborhoods.
Phase 1 of the Downtown Trail is an approximately 1.7-mile segment beginning at 3rd Street in the Downtown within the NCDOT-owned rail corridor to McRae Street; abutting the Dorothy B. Johnson Elementary School western parcel line; traversing east along CSX right-of-way to Archie Blue Park; and continuing north through Archie Blue Park, parallel to the creek, and terminating at the Love Grove Bridge multi-use path facility.
The project was federally funded in 2022 with the WMPO's direct allocation of Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act ("CRRSAA") funds. These one-time allocated funds were granted at...
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