The Town of Leland is proud to announce the Old Fayetteville Road Multi-Use Path and Resurfacing project has been named a finalist for the 2022 N.C. Department of Transportation Mobi Awards.
The intent of the Mobi Awards is to recognize completed multimodal projects throughout North Carolina that contribute to creating safe, connected, and livable communities. According to NCDOT, the awards recognize the state’s best projects that combine several modes of transportation.
The Old Fayetteville Road Multi-Use Path is one of 12 finalists. This year’s winners and honorable mentions will be recognized on May 4.
NCDOT says judges scored each project based on how well it spurred economic development, created jobs, or improved public health or made other unique and significant contributions. The panel of judges selected winners in five categories: rural, urban, small urban, large urban, and innovation.
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. Since opening to the public, the path has proved to be an important connector for countless walkers, runners, bikers, and more. 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).
Learn more about the Old Fayetteville Road Multi-Use Path here.
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