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Residents, designers press NCDOT on I-26 connector flyover and call for alternatives
Summary
Multiple residents and local design advocates criticized the North Carolina Department of Transportation's proposed I-26 connector flyover during public comment, urging the city to press DOT for alternatives, restore prior agreements to keep the road below grade at Patton Avenue and to involve multidisciplinary design review.
Residents, neighborhood activists and urban-design advocates used the Asheville City Council's public-comment period to press the council and North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for changes to the proposed I-26 connector plan, particularly a flyover alternative that commenters said would worsen environmental and civic impacts.
William Warner, a Cortland Place resident, told council the new right-of-way could require the city to take homes by eminent domain and harm younger families in his neighborhood. "The flyover ' it is a far worse proposal than the one we were left with in 2018," Warner said. "I urge you, please, to influence the Department of Transportation any way you can to amend and come up with a better plan than what they've got." Sonia Marcus of the 5 Points neighborhood thanked council for amplifying…
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