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Town hears Walk, Bike, Woodfin plan; council to consider adoption in August
Summary
Consultants presented a draft active-transportation plan that ranks sidewalk, bike-lane and greenway projects and explains how adoption would improve the town’s ability to compete for NCDOT funding. Council agreed to place formal approval on the August agenda after DOT comment period.
Rachel Bronson, a consultant with McAdams, presented the draft Walk, Bike, Woodfin plan to the Woodfin Town Council on Tuesday, July 15, describing it as “the purpose of this plan project is to provide a vision and a blueprint for the town of Woodfin to make it more walkable and bikeable for everyone.”
The plan sets a multimodal network of sidewalks, bike lanes, multiuse sidepaths and greenways, ranks projects by safety, equity and connectivity, and bundles local-priority projects separately from those that would require North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) action. Bronson said the plan was funded by NCDOT’s Integrated Mobility Division and that adopting a locally approved plan increases the town’s chances of securing DOT funds under the agency’s updated Complete Streets policy.
Why this matters: NCDOT’s Complete Streets policy…
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