The GREENWAYS are coming …

During our Town Board Meeting on February 1^st, the Town Board passed two Joint Development Agreement with the County to build two sections of Greenway in Huntersville.

These joint development agreements with the County were to prioritize and fund two segments of Greenways here in Huntersville.  In short, the Town will pay for the planning and design of these two segments and the County will fund the actual construction.  Without the Town’s contribution, it is hard to know when these two new segments would get built.

The County approved their portion of the funding during their Board Meeting on Tuesday evening.  A special thanks to our County Commissioner from District 1, Elaine Powell.  We appreciate her support for our Greenways and the funding of this new segment approved by the county.

McDowell Creek Greenway (details)

This project will extend the existing Torrance Creek Greenway south of Gilead Road and will run southwest to Auten Nature Preserve west of Beatties Ford Road near Pamela Street along McDowell Creek. This New Greenway will be approximately 3.59 miles in length and will connect thousands of residents. The Town of Huntersville will fund the planning and the design of this project in FY22 (est $1.8 million) and Mecklenburg County would fund the construction in FY24 ($14.1 million).

Clark Creek Greenway (details)

This project is a key east-west route that will connect to downtown Huntersville. This project runs along the South Prong of Clarke Creek from N Church Street southeast to Asbury Chapel Road. This new greenway will be approximately 3.025 miles in length and will connect thousands of existing residents and thousands of future residents on the east side of Huntersville. The Town of Huntersville will fund the Planning and Design in FY23 ($1.5 million) and Mecklenburg County will fund the Construction in FY25 ($11.5 million).