[Durham INC] Durham Hosts W. Ellerbee Creek Greenway Workshop May 12

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov

 

For Immediate Release:  May 6, 2010

 

 

Durham Hosts W. Ellerbee Creek Greenway Workshop May 12

Participants Asked to Give Design Input on Future Guess Road Trail
Crossing

 

What:              West Ellerbee Creek Greenway Phase II Citizen
Workshop

 

Who:               City of Durham Department of General Services and
Durham Parks & Recreation

 

When:             Wednesday, May 12, 2010, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

 

Where:            Friendly City Civitan Club at Northgate Park 

                        2510 Glendale Avenue

Durham, N.C. 27704

 

Fast Facts:

*         Design of phase II of the West Ellerbee Creek Greenway is
underway and citizen input, particularly residents from the
Watts-Hillandale community, is sought for in an interactive design
workshop next week.

 

*         Participants will be briefed on the status of the project,
which is currently only funded for design and is targeted for completion
in late 2010, and then asked to participate in a group design exercise
to help development recommendations for how the existing trail will
extend from Westover Park at the end of West Ellerbee Creek Phase I to
cross I-85, North Pointe Drive and then connect to the existing sidewalk
on Broad Street.

 

*         Neighborhood input is sought for preference on the four
alternatives for crossing Guess Road, which include at-grade, pedestrian
activated signal at Wagoner Street and Guess Road; at-grade, pedestrian
activated signal mid-block on Guess Road; a pedestrian culvert under
Guess Road; or a pedestrian bridge over Guess Road.  Regardless of the
option preferred above, all would require some level of tree removal in
Westover Park.

 

*         This project has been coordinated with the designers and
engineers involved in the West Ellerbee Creek Stream Restoration Project
to understand the limits and phasing of each project.  The conservation
easement for the stream restoration project was determined to allow for
Phase II of this trail when funding is allocated for the construction
portion of the project at a future time.

 

*         For more information about this project contact Henri
Prosperi, landscape architect with the City's Department of General
Services, at (919) 560-4197, ext. 21253, via e-mail at 
Henri.Prosperi at durhamnc.gov, or view the workshop flyer on the City's
Web site at 
www.durhamnc.gov/departments/parks/pdf/wec_phaseII_flyer.pdf.
<http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/parks/pdf/wec_phaseII_flyer.pdf.%20
> 

 

About the City's Department of General Services

The City of Durham's Department of General Services provides timely,
cost-effective and high quality services in nine core business
functions: Administration/Business Services, Cemeteries, Deferred
Maintenance, Facilities Operations, Keep Durham Beautiful, Inc.,
Landscape Services, Project Management, Real Estate, and Urban Forestry.
For more information, visit www.durhamnc.gov/departments/general.

 

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