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Council removes Raven Lane master-street connection after land-trust acquisition and bridge-cost concerns
Summary
Fayetteville City Council approved an amendment removing a planned 0.2-mile residential link on Raven Lane from the master street plan, citing large bridge costs, floodplain and land-trust conservation interests and limited feasibility.
The Fayetteville City Council voted to amend the city’s master street plan to remove a roughly 0.2-mile planned residential link that would have extended Raven Lane across Clabber (Claver) Creek toward the Crystal Springs area.
Development Services Director Jonathan Kurth told the council the segment has long been on master plans (originally proposed in 1995) but is now constrained by substantial floodplain, the presence of environmentally sensitive riparian corridor, the Northwest Arkansas Land Trust’s acquisition of roughly half the corridor and steep bridge cost estimates from a 2019…
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