Help plan key Cross Charlotte Trail segment Sept. 19-21

Sep 15, 2017 | Events, Greenways, Transportation

Hidden Valley segment of Cross Charlotte Trail

Circle shows Hidden Valley segment of Cross Charlotte Trail

The public can take part in a planning event Sept. 19-21 for the Hidden Valley segment of the 30-mile Cross Charlotte Trail. Visitors can drop in throughout the three days or take part in the full daily sessions as the project team drafts a preliminary plan for the future bike-pedestrian path between Wellington Street (just east of Sugar Creek Road) and North Tryon Street at Orr Road.

Three-day schedule

The planning charlotte and public meetings will take place at Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church, 101 W. Sugar Creek Road at North Tryon Street. Each day’s activities are designed to let visitors drop in, learn and participate. Here is the schedule:

  • Sept. 19 – 5:30-7:30 p.m. Public kickoff meeting (drop-in)
  • Sept. 20 – 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Design studio session #1 (drop-in)
  • Sept. 20 – 4-5 p.m. View a pin-up of the work in progress.
  • Sept. 21 – 9 am-noon. Finish creating preliminary draft plan (drop-in)
  • Sept. 21 5:30-7:30 p.m. Draft design presentation – The project team and citizens who took part in design studio will present their draft plan.

About the Cross Charlotte Trail

T​he City of Charlotte is partnering with Mecklenburg County to create a 30+-mile trail and greenway facility that will stretch from the City of Pineville​ through Center City and on to the UNC Charlotte campus and Cabarrus County line. Voters have approved $30 million in capital-improvement bonds for the project, with another $5 million in transportation bonds being proposed for 2018.

Once completed, the Cross Charlotte Trail will allow residents to travel seamlessly from one end of Charlotte to the other. Approximately 140,000 residents and 130,000 jobs will be within walking distance of the proposed trail and the adjacent greenways that connect to it.

 

About the Hidden Valley segment of the Cross Charlotte Trail

​This project will complete a new segment of the Cross Charlotte Trail through the Hidden Valley neighborhood from approximately Wellingford Street (across from Compare Foods) to North Tryon Street at Orr Road.

The project team will work with the community to identify locations that will connect the trail to the area’s broader bicycle and pedestrian network as well as to the LYNX Blue Line Extension.

The specific project limits and trail alignment will be defined during the planning and design phases and will be posted on the project webpage and shared with nearby residents and businesses once they are determined.

Hidden Valley project goals

​The goals for this segment of the trail are ​​​the following:

  • Comfortable – Separated from streets and traffic as much as possible within project budget and other constraints​
  • Accessible and bicycle-friendly – Hard surf​ace suitable for bikes and wheelchairs, smooth turns and limited slopes to meet ADA requirements
  • Enjoyable – Amenities to enhance enjoyment and safety, such as signage, benches, trashcans, landscaping, aesthetic treatments and public art
  • Expandable – Provide opportunities for additional connections and amenities in the future​

Public involvement ​​

The project team will engage nearby residents, businesses and other stakeholders in numerous ways through​out the planning process. Engagement opportunities may include charrettes, walking tours and public meetings. Details will be shared with residents and businesses once they are determined, and they will be posted on this page and on the Citywide Events Calendar.

0 Comments


Receive Up to Date News


Receive Economic Development News


View Past Newsletters


View Post by Category


Press Releases

Meet our new intern, Haley Chilcott

Haley Chilcott is our new Marketing Communications Intern here at University City Partners. Haley is an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and is majoring in Communications, with a concentration in Public Relations. After graduation...

University City Partners welcomes our newest board members

  University City Partners welcomes its newest members of the UCP Board of Directors: Charlotte City Manager Marcus Smith and Michael Fung, a regional leader for Wells Fargo's Corporate Properties Group. The University City Partners Board of Directors consists of...

Response to tragic police incident and unrest

Last night our community was at the center of a tragic police incident followed by several hours of demonstration, aggressive agitation and unrest. Our neighborhoods, businesses, retail centers and institutions were impacted with activity that has left us all feeling...

Introducing our UNC Charlotte interns

University City Partners is proud to introduce our "Class of 2016" - our fall semester interns from UNC Charlotte. Seniors Hollis Maye-Keye and Cagney Reeves will help us with communications and planning - key functions for our success. We encourage you to consider...

UCP video report: Planning for our transit-powered future

University City Partners has launched a new feature - a monthly video report on how we are investing time and resources to build University City. Today's report: UCP is leading a planning effort to make the area around the future JW Clay Transit station a more...

Our 2016 Annual Report chronicles a landmark year

The dramatic changes taking place across University City can be hard to keep up with - unless you have the University City Partners annual report. Our brand new 2016 University City Partners Annual Report chronicles these changes over the past year (July 2015-June...

University City Partners welcomes new board members

University City Partners welcomes four new members to its board of directors, including two UNC Charlotte grads. Tracy Dodson with Lincoln Harris, John McAlister with Electrolux, Phil Nicholenko with TIAA and Jane Wu, founder of Carolina States Regional Center, have...

Thanks for taking our survey; we heard you!

Our recent invitation to take a brief survey about University City Partners drew more than 100 participants and many useful responses. ”The survey was like a pulse check to make sure that what we are hearing in our meetings also represents the opinions of all of the...

University City Partners adds planning & development director

Tobe Holmes has joined University City Partners as its planning and development director. Holmes, formerly with Center City Partners, will oversee all UCP planning and development initiatives. At Center City Partners, Holmes managed economic and community development...

Meet our UNC Charlotte interns

One benefit of having UNC Charlotte nearby is the amazing wealth of student interns. We landed three of the best this semester: Meredith Avant (Communications with PR concentration), Miguel Avila (Economics with innovation focus), and Charles Trowell (Architecture...