Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Raleigh advances preferred emergency alternate access for Rose Lane; MOU talks with Wake County Public Schools underway
Summary
City staff identified a preferred alternative that would create an emergency ingress/egress to a 55-home neighborhood isolated by Walnut Creek flooding. The plan would tie into Wake County's bus operations property under a memorandum-of-understanding; design is expected to take 12–18 months and construction is budgeted to start in fiscal 2027.
Wayne Miles, stormwater manager for the City of Raleigh, told the council that staff has identified a preferred alternative to provide resilient alternate access for the Rose Lane neighborhood, which has about 55 homes and historically becomes isolated when Walnut Creek floods.
The problem and interim measures
Staff said Rose Lane is a single access crossing of Walnut Creek that historically flooded once or twice a year and that the city has taken interim steps to reduce risk, including installing sensor-activated flood warning signs, preemptively lowering Lake Johnson to increase upstream storage and using targeted wireless emergency alerts for the neighborhood. Miles said those measures helped reduce the frequency of isolation; staff said the road flooded only twice in the last five years despite several strong storms.
Preferred alternative and property coordination
After reviewing multiple alternatives, staff…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
