Brown-Grier Road Complete Street

  • Project typeComplete Street
  • Project budget$31.2 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 phaseUtility Relocation
a view of Brown-Grier Road before improvements -- a two lane road with no sidewalks or other infrastructure

Conditions along Brown-Grier Road before roadway improvements

Project Overview

The Brown-Grier Complete Street Project will make improvements to Brown-Grier Road between Steele Creek Road and Whitehall Park Drive. Improvements will include additional travel lanes, medians, bicycle facilities, planting strips and other amenities.

Project Details

Project Goals

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

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 

Maps & Renderings

Vicinity Map

aerial map of project area showing Brown-Grier Rd between Steele Creek Rd and I-485 and Sandy Porter Road where improvements will take place

Proposed Cross-Section

a rendering of a cross-section of the new road with a 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 project completion. For illustrative purposes only.

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Project Contacts

Abby Preston, P.E.
Engineering Project Manager
Charlotte Department of Transportation 
980-416-7652
abby.preston@charlottenc.gov


Millicent Powell
Area Supervisor
Housing & Neighborhood Services
704-432-6814
millicent.powell@charlottenc.gov


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To request public meeting materials or other project-related documents, please contact Abby Preston at abby.preston@charlottenc.gov.