Brown-Grier Road Upgrades

Announcement

Dec. 13, 2023 - Design and real estate acquisition are 95% complete. The city continues to work to secure the remaining two parcels within the project limits before utility relocation can start along Brown-Grier Road. The project will then proceed to the bid phase once all parcels have been secured.

  • Project typeNeighborhoods
  • Project budget$18.8 million (includes all costs associated with the project such as planning and design, acquiring the right-of-way, utility relocation, consultant fees, construction, signalization, permits and landscaping)
  • Project phaseDesign; Real Estate Acquisition; Utility Relocation

part of the Whitehall/Ayrsley Comprehensive Neighborhood Improvement Program

a view of Brown-Grier Road before improvements -- a two lane road with no sidewalks or other infrastructure

Project Overview

This project will make improvements to Brown-Grier Road between Steele Creek Road and Whitehall Park Drive. Potential improvements include additional travel lanes, medians, bicycle facilities, planting strips and other amenities.

Project Goals

  • To increase safety for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists in the area
  • To expand transportation options for residents and businesses in the area

Public Involvement

 A series of neighborhood meetings, public meetings and stakeholder interviews were held during the pre-planning phase for the Whitehall/Ayrsley CNIP. Public meetings for this specific project will take place during the planning phase. So far, the project team has hosted the following public meetings:

April 17, 2018 at Kennedy High School

February 16, 2017 at Kennedy High School

a rendering of a cross-section of the new road with a 12-foot-wide shared use path, 8-foot-wide planting strip, two 11-foot-wide travel lanes on both sides, separated by a 15-foot-wide median

Rendering of the roadway after improvements. For illustrative purposes only.

 

Project Contacts

Toni Wilson
Engineering Project Manager
General Services
704.560.6257
toni.wilson@charlottenc.gov

Millicent Powell
Area Supervisor
Housing & Neighborhood Services
704.432.6814
millicent.powell@charlottenc.gov

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