Fuquay Varina board approves sidewalk funding, library park design and downtown land purchase; school road closure OK'd

Fuquay Varina's Town Board on Feb. 3 approved several capital and land actions aimed at downtown improvements and pedestrian connections, and adopted a resolution to close part of Sunset Drive to support a Wake County Public School System project.

In a series of motions taken during the regular board meeting, commissioners authorized supplemental funding agreements with the North Carolina Department of Transportation for two sidewalk projects, approved design services for Library Park, accepted a preliminary subdivision plat, and agreed to buy 101 North Main Street to help assemble property envisioned in the town's downtown Pineywoods Park public-space plan.

Key votes and decisions

- Abandonment of Sunset Drive (SC-2024-3): The board adopted a resolution ordering the closure of roughly 860 linear feet of Sunset Drive after Wake County Public School System said the abandonment would clean up title for the school's planned expansion. Betty Parker, representing Wake County Public Schools, said adjacent property owners had signed the petition and supported the closure. A motion to adopt the resolution carried on a voice vote.

- True Love Farm preliminary subdivision (SUBPR-2024-08): The board approved the 50-lot preliminary plat for True Love Farm (7650 Trulove Road). Planning Director Pam Davison told the board the 23.84-acre SUBPR would use the town's lot-line standards (minimum 50-foot lot widths) and proposed 13.66…