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Residents urge Raleigh to halt stream‑side Greenway Option 1B, citing takings, environmental and safety concerns
Summary
Multiple residents told the City Council the proposed Big Branch Greenway Option 1B would require condemning conservation easements, violate riparian protections, and worsen safety and flooding risks for adjacent homeowners; they urged the council to choose an alternate route and to preserve environmental standards.
Carrie Bennington and several neighbors told the Raleigh City Council the proposed Big Branch Greenway stream‑side route known as Option 1B would take private property, require condemnation of a long‑standing conservation easement and conflict with state and city riparian buffer protections. "This project takes private property," Bennington said, adding that Parks and Rec took 11 months to acknowledge an easement does not exist.
Taylor Stewart and other speakers said the city’s public outreach…
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