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Ordinance Making Appropriation of $2,681,347 of Direct Attributable (DA) Funds from the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBG-DA) to the Kerr Avenue Trail Project
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Department: Design & Construction Meeting Date: 9/22/2026
Contact Name: Kim Gordon Public Hearing: No Contact Phone: 910.341.5812 Advertising Date/Advertised By: n/a Attachments: Attachment #1: Ordinance; Attachment #2: COW Resolution of Financial Support; Attachment #3: WMPO FY26-28 DA Award Letter; Attachment #4: NCDOT Agreement; Attachment #5: Kerr Ave Trail Map
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this Ordinance is to appropriate $2,681,347 in Surface Transportation Block Grant-Direct Attributable Funds (“STBG-DA”) from the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (“WMPO”) to the Kerr Avenue Trail Project. This will supplement the $670,337 of already appropriated project funds as required per the attached companion Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into this Agreement with the NCDOT for the Project.
BACKGROUND:
The Kerr Avenue Trail project (hereinafter “the Project”) was identified in the WMPO’s 2009 Walk Wilmington Plan, as a priority to be included in the current Transportation Bond as part of Wilmington/New Hanover County’s Comprehensive Greenway Plan. The Project will provide a 10-foot-wide multi-use path on the east side of Kerr Avenue from Patrick Drive to Fountain Drive, on the north side of Fountain Drive, and on the west side of North College Road to Hoggard Drive, where it will connect to an existing signalized crosswalk that will provide a safe crossing of College Road to UNCW and the Gary Shell Cross-City Trail.
The WMPO’s STBG-DA program provides funding for various types of locally administered projects, including bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. The WMPO call for projects has federal funding through the North Carolina Department of Transportation (“NCDOT”), which requires a twenty percent (20%) local grant match...
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