The Old Fayetteville Road Multi-Use Path and Resurfacing project has been nominated for the 2022 NCDOT Mobi Awards. The intent of NCDOT’s Mobi Awards is to recognize completed multimodal projects throughout North Carolina that contribute to creating safe, connected, and livable communities.
Judges will select finalists for five categories that are rural, small urban, urban, large urban, and innovation. A sixth category, Most Voted Project, will be determined by votes from the public. Individuals are eligible to vote up to three times daily for their favorite project(s) here. Voting is open through March 4.
After years of effort to develop a safe route for students to walk and bike to school, the Town officially opened the Old Fayetteville Road Multi-Use Path in October 2021. The nearly one-mile paved multi-use path, separated from traffic, runs along the north side of Old Fayetteville Road from Founders Park to North Brunswick High School.
Eighty percent of the $2.6M project cost was funded by the Federal Highway Administration, with a twenty percent match coming from the Town. The project also included repaving a one mile stretch of Old Fayetteville Road. The project was a collaboration between the Town of Leland, NCDOT, and the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (WMPO).
This path will be an important link to other recreational facilities and trails planned for Leland, including Founders Park, which is scheduled to be renovated, the new Sturgeon Creek Park, and other regional trails such as the proposed North Carolina Gullah Geechee Greenway/Blueway Heritage Trail linking Navassa, Leland, and Belville to Southport and the North Carolina portion of the 3,000-mile East Coast Greenway, which extends from Maine to Florida.
Finalists in each of the six categories for the 2022 NCDOT Mobi Awards will be notified in March and winners announced on May 4.
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