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Durham County planners present draft summary for 18‑mile Durham–Roxboro rail‑trail; county to supply small share for corridor acquisition
Summary
Staff and consultants presented a draft final plan for an 18.2‑mile inactive rail corridor conversion to a multi‑use trail; NCDOT will acquire the corridor, county’s projected net share of acquisition is about $223,000 (1.7% of the acquisition cost), and construction estimates range from $46 million to $57 million over many years.
Durham County transportation staff and consultants presented a draft final plan summary for the Durham‑to‑Roxboro rail‑trail, a study of an 18.2‑mile inactive Norfolk Southern corridor that county and city partners aim to convert into a multi‑use greenway. The presentation described public outreach, conceptual design recommendations, phasing, preliminary cost estimates and the next steps for acquisition and funding.
The key near‑term step is corridor acquisition: the Conservation Fund and NCDOT are coordinating purchase of the rail right‑of‑way, and NCDOT is expected to own the corridor after acquisition. County staff said no eminent domain will be used. County staff reported two state parks grants that support acquisition: $500,000 awarded directly to Durham County and roughly $1 million awarded to the East Coast Greenway Alliance to be shared among Person County, Durham…
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