Rocky River Road West Streetscape

Announcement

March 17, 2025 - Construction is complete and has finished the warranty phase. The second phase of landscaping has been completed as of January 2025. City code requires that property owners are responsible to maintain grass and vegetation all the way to the curb.

Project typeTransportation
Project budget$13.046 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 phaseWarranty; complete

View of the roadway with a sidewalk on the left and a barrier on the right

Part of the Northeast Corridor Infrastructure (NECI) Program

Northeast Corridor Infrastructure (NECI) Program

Project Overview

This project is intended to upgrade Rocky River Road West between North Tryon Street and Rockland Drive/Toby Creek, with the goal of providing a modern, complete street that includes upgraded vehicle, pedestrian and bicycle facilities. When complete, this project will provide additional turn lanes for vehicles and connect pedestrians and cyclists to light rail facilities, Mecklenburg County's Toby Creek Greenway and Charlotte's Cross Charlotte Trail, as well as the ongoing improvements in the Autumnwood neighborhood.

Project Goals

To provide upgraded sidewalks, pedestrian refuges, bike lanes, planting strips, street lighting and street trees to achieve USDG guidelines
To create pedestrian and bicycle connectivity from the Autumnwood neighborhood to CATS facilities along North Tryon Street such as the LYNX Blue Line University City Boulevard Station and CATS bus stop. Additionally, the project creates pedestrian and bicycle connectivity from North Tryon Street to the Toby Creek Greenway/Cross Charlotte Trail
To realign the existing roadway centerline to improve several sharp horizontal curves and limited sight distance conditions and also provide needed turning lanes for commercial, institutional and residential developments
To help encourage students to walk or ride their bicycles to the recently constructed Newell Elementary School
To create enhanced pedestrian crossing opportunities by the use of mid-block crossings within the median of Rocky River Road West
To provide needed infrastructure for recent development, as well as to better accommodate future development and encourage transit-supportive development along Rocky River Road West
To minimize project impacts to adjoining property owners and the creek adjacent to Rocky River Road West near Batavia Lane

rendering of a cross section of the new roadway, which includes sidewalk, planting strip, bike lane and travel lane on either side, separated by a median

Rendering of the roadway after project completion. For illustrative purposes only.

Public Involvement

Community meetings were held during the planning phase, where residents shared ideas and asked questions of members of the project team. Meetings were held on these dates:

October 12, 2017 at UNC Charlotte (LYNX Blue Line Extension meeting)
October 11, 2017 at Charlotte Main Library (LYNX Blue Line Extension meeting)
October 10, 2017 at Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church (LYNX Blue Line Extension meeting)
May 11, 2017 at Newell Presbyterian Church
October 13, 2016 at New Hampton Presbyterian Church (LYNX Blue Line Extension meeting)
October 12, 2016 at the Charlotte Main Library (LYNX Blue Line Extension meeting)
October 11, 2016 at Sugaw Creek Church (LYNX Blue Line Extension meeting)
January 26, 2016 at Newell Presbyterian Church
May 12, 2015 at Oasis Shriner's Center
October 29, 2014 at Hampton Park Community Center