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Ordinance Making Supplemental Appropriations in the Amount of $431,200 from the North Carolina Department of Transportation for the Downtown Trail Phase 1 Design Project
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Department:
WMPO
Meeting Date:
6/3/2025
Contact Name:
Abby Lorenzo
Public Hearing:
No
Contact Phone:
(910) 341-7890
Advertising Date/Advertised By:
Attachments:
Ordinance Appropriating Additional Funding for Downtown Trail Ph.1
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this ordinance is to appropriate funds in the amount of $431,200 from the North Carolina Department of Transportation for the Downtown Trail Phase 1 Design Project. A companion resolution authorizes the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) 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 Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's (""WMPO) direct allocation of Coronavirus Response and Relief Supple...
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