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Green Bike Commission outlines greenway priorities, maps and community events
Summary
The Green Bike Commission presented priorities for greenway and connector projects, highlighted a '30 by 30' connected-communities goal and previewed community outreach events including a May 13 'Wine on the Vine' workshop. Commissioners and staff discussed cross-jurisdiction connections to county and Charlotte greenways.
Members of the Huntersville Green Bike Commission updated the Board on their bicycling and greenway priorities during the April 1 meeting.
Commission members (presenting as Green Bike Commission members) said the commission’s top projects are a downtown connector, a connector from Beatty’s Ford to the Stevens Grove area, a South Clark Creek connection out to Sky Brook and an extension linking North Mecklenburg Park west to N.C. 21. The commission showed a map that distinguishes existing greenway segments (green), funded or next-in-line segments (blue), and longer-term priorities (orange). One presenter said the North Mecklenburg Park Greenway was either breaking ground or about to begin construction.
Commissioners and the commission discussed better coordination with Mecklenburg County and Charlotte greenway networks. The commission said they are pursuing on-road bicycle routes in addition to greenways, map production for public distribution and twice-yearly briefings to the Board. The group also described "30 by 30," an initiative to connect 30 miles of trails by 2030 and said they are nearly on track, with subdivisions and housing growth expanding access points.
The commission invited the public to upcoming events, including a community workshop (Wine on the Vine) on May 13 to collect resident input on preferred greenway connections.
Why it matters: The commission’s priorities could influence capital budgeting and intergovernmental coordination; achieving the downtown connector and county ties would expand the region’s nonmotorized network and enable longer-distance bicycle and pedestrian travel.
Quote: "We want people to be able, whether they're up towards Bridal or out at Winfield or down in Vermillion, whatever part of the town they're in, we want them to be able to come downtown," a commission member said.
