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Update on the Morgan Creek Greenway
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is to provide an update on the Morgan Creek Greenway and to seek Town Council direction relating to a possible change in the alignment of Phase 1 (TIP# 4828A) to inform design modifications needed to rebid the project.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon - 919-918-7325, cmoon@townofcarrboro.org; Patricia McGuire - 919-918-7327, pmcguire@townofcarrboro.org; Arche McAdoo - 919-918-7439, amcadoo@townofcarrboro.org; Cary McNallan - 919-918-7301, cmcnallan@townofcarrboro.org
INFORMATION: In March 2010, the Town adopted the Morgan Creek Greenway Conceptual Master Plan, a multi-phase greenway system connecting the neighborhoods around Smith Level Road to University Lake. (The report may be found at the following link: http://www.townofcarrboro.org/DocumentCenter/View/1405/MCFinalReport-Mar2010?bidId=.)
The conceptual plan included two potential alignments for Phase 1: a preferred alignment and an alternate alignment (Attachment B). The preferred alignment began at Smith Level Road near Public Works Drive, extended along the north side of Morgan Creek to a pedestrian bridge that crossed the creek and continued to a terminus point near the recreation area for the Berryhill neighborhood on the south side of the creek. The greenway was to include a spur to the cul-de-sac at end of Abbey Road and a connection to the future Morgan Creek Greenway in Chapel Hill by way of an underpass under the Smith Level Road bridge. During project design, the consulting engineering team determined that a pedestrian bridge in Phase 1 would not be permitted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) because if would cause a rise to insurable structures upstream.
Staff provided a report on this information on October 16, 2012, and discussed whether to pursue the alternate alignment which included a greenway along the south side of Morgan Creek or some combinati...
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