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Aberdeen board pledges local match for two federally funded sidewalks, approves Carbon Reduction project submittal
Summary
The Town Board unanimously approved Resolution #25-06 to support committing the 20% local match for two sidewalk projects on Poplar Street and Johnson Street and authorized submitting a Carbon Reduction Program application for an additional segment tied to the Poplar Street project.
The Aberdeen Town Board on April 14 unanimously approved a resolution committing the town’s required 20% local match for two bicycle and pedestrian projects that are funded through the NCDOT State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).
Planning Director Pam Graham told the board the two projects—an eastern-side sidewalk on Poplar Street from Johnson Street to Aberdeen’s jurisdictional boundary near Blue’s Crossing Apartments and a Johnson Street sidewalk from Southern Middle School toward U.S. 15/501 connecting to existing sidewalk at Moe’s—were originally submitted in 2014 and carried into the 2024–2033 STIP after delays. Graham said the town’s 20% share would be payable over five years and described the total current estimates for the two segments as approximately $400,000 (Poplar Street) and $330,000 (Johnson Street).
Graham said the projects are a “great opportunity to get sidewalks at an affordable cost,” and the board voted 5–0 to adopt Resolution #25-06 supporting the local match.
Town Manager Paul Sabiston also asked the board to authorize submitting a Carbon Reduction Program project to the Sandhills Metropolitan Planning Organization (SMPO). Sabiston said the Carbon Reduction application must be for a project on a state highway and recommended tying a short additional Poplar Street segment to the sidewalk project to strengthen the submittal. He noted the SMPO program requires a 20% match and that roughly $300,000 in program funds were available regionally, with an estimated $50,000 potentially available to Aberdeen depending on awards.
The board voted unanimously to authorize staff to submit a Carbon Reduction project application.
What happens next: staff will prepare detailed cost estimates and formal submittals for both the STIP match process and the SMPO Carbon Reduction application; Graham said right‑of‑way and utility phases are scheduled to begin this year. A public hearing for other planning items, including a UDO text amendment, is set for April 28, where related planning matters will be discussed further.
