January 08, 2018 11:58 AM
More than a dozen streets in Raleigh will get new bicycle lanes this year, under a repaving plan now being considered by the city.
The bike lanes will make cycling safer, but also can result in narrower travel lanes for cars or the elimination of on-street parking. To get the public’s feedback, the city will present the plans at seven public meetings this month, starting Tuesday evening at Lake Lynn Community Center.
The 16 streets slated to get bike lanes will be repaved beginning in April. They were identified as good candidates for bike lanes under the city’s Bicycle Plan that the City Council adopted in May 2016. The specific plans will be presented to the council in February.
The streets are:
▪ Arco Corporation Drive
▪ Arnold Palmer Drive, between Brier Creek Lane and Brier Creek Parkway
▪ Common Oaks Drive, between Falls of Neuse Road and Forest Pines Drive
▪ Corporation Center Drive, from Chapel Hill Road to Trinity Road
▪ Country Trail, from Pinecrest Drive to Glenwood Avenue
▪ Forest Pines Drive, from Common Oaks Drive to Wakefield Plantation Circle
▪ Glen Eden Drive, from Glenwood Avenue to Ridge Road
▪ Glen Eden Drive, from Blue Ridge Road to Edwards Mill Road
▪ Grove Barton Road, from Hilburn Road to Lynn Road
▪ Ileagnes Road, from South Saunders Street to Peach Road Community Center
▪ Lineberry Drive, from Bliss Street to Trailwood Drive
▪ Marvino Lane, from Country Trail to Ebenezer Church Road
▪ Morningside Drive
▪ Spruce Tree Way, from Falls of Neuse Road to Wakefield Pines Drive
▪ St. Albans Drive, from Wake Forest Road to Greenlawn Drive
For more information, including the time and place of the public meetings, go to the city’s street resurfacing and bicycling markings website.
Richard Stradling: 919-829-4739, @RStradling