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Interim capital director briefs council on recovery projects, greenway and fire station timelines
Summary
Interim Capital Management Director Walter Eyre updated council on FY26 capital projects and recovery work, highlighting completed garage repairs, the 0.75-mile Nasty Branch Greenway (design due this year; construction ~18 months), Oakley Civic Complex/New Fire Station 9 (construction expected early 2027), and a layered funding approach for FEMA PA
Walter Eyre, interim director of the Capital Management Department, gave the council a quarterly snapshot of Asheville's FY26 capital projects and infrastructure recovery progress.
Eyre framed the work as building a "stronger, safer, and more connected" Asheville and highlighted recently completed projects, including repairs to the Rankin and Wall Street garages and upgrades to Burton Street playgrounds and sport courts. He said the city is attempting to improve transparency of projects by linking slides to project pages on the city's projects dashboard.
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