Downtown North-South Greenway Connector | Raleighnc.gov

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Improving mobility and connectivity for pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular traffic

Updated: Oct 16, 2024

The Downtown North-South Greenway Connector Project is a priority item in the 2016 BikeRaleigh plan, and when all four phases are complete it will serve as a key active transportation link between Dix Park, Downtown, and Five Points. The City of Raleigh completed Phase 1 in 2020 and Phase 2 in 2022. Phase 3 is currently in design and is open for public engagement through January 5, 2024.

The Phase 3 Pilot of the Downtown North-South Greenway Connector will provide pedestrian and bicycle access on N West Street between Peace St. and the Wade Ave pedestrian underpass. Currently, this section of N West St. is a two-lane street without consistent sidewalks or bike facilities.

Barbara [email protected] & Pedestrian Project Manager

This phase is complete.

Phase 3 of the North-South Downtown Greenway Connector focuses on improving safety and connectivity on N. West Street between Peace St. and Wade Ave. Three design options are being considered for N. West Street and can be found in the West Street Alternatives Roll Plots.

North South Greenway Connector Presentation

Phase 4 of the North-South Downtown Greenway Connector will connect to the Rocky Branch Greenway at Dix Park and use on-street connections most likely on South Saunders, South, and West Streets to reach Cabarrus Street where it will connect to the final phase of the project, the West Street Extension.

Barbara [email protected] & Pedestrian Project Manager

Phase 1 of the Downtown North-South Greenway Connector was completed in October 2019. This project included the installation of a south-bound bicycle lane on the west side of Harrington and a north-bound bicycle lane on the east side of West Street. These lanes provide a dedicated bike lane in each direction from Martin Street to Hillsborough Street.

The bike lanes on West and Harrington Streets were expanded around the Smoky Hollow development near the Publix on Peace Street.

Parking and loading zone configurations changed to accommodate the bike lanes.

The following curb space changes on West Street and Harrington Street are now in place:

After weighing competing interests along the corridor, on February 21, 2020 the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission recommended proceeding with a one-way pair of separated bicycle lanes on the inside block of West and Harrington Streets. They also included a long-term recommendation to consolidate the facilities onto a single street in the future.

This recommendation was reached after:

This video features the first week of construction activity along West Street.

This video features the second week of construction activity along the northern section of West Street.

Work has started along Harrington Street. Find out what the key safety features of the projects are and what some of the paint markings mean.

The project is just about completed. Learn some of the challenges of completing a project like this, and why Harrington Streets looks a little different than West Street.

Find out what makes the Downtown North-South Greenway Connector so important to both the City and to people who will use the separated bike lanes

The Harrington Street Cycletrack Project was a priority item in the 2016 BikeRaleigh plan, and will serve as a key bicycle connection between Glenwood South to the Warehouse District. The proposed cycletrack will be installed on the east side of Harrington Street from Davie Street to North Street, eventually tying into the proposed greenway at Deveraux.

This project was originally envisioned for West Street, but a combination of factors including cost and potential Bus Rapid Transit on West Street prompted a proposed change to the Harrington Street corridor.

A three-day, temporary event called a “pop-up” was installed on Harrington Street in April. Users and survey responders were overwhelmingly supportive of the cycletrack concept. After receiving public input in June, the project was sent to a design team for completion with more public meetings in late 2019.

In addition, our friends at Oaks & Spokes raised almost $20,000 from private donors to help with implementation.

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