Next steps to connect Raleigh to Cary with Bus Rapid Transit line under review Tuesday
>> YOU'RE A PICTURE MAY BE
FEATURED ON OUR
AND COVERING WAKE COUNTY PLANS
FOR A NEW RAPID TRANSIT ROUTE
CONNECTING DOWNTOWN RALEIGH
WITH KERRY ARE MOVING FORWARD
TODAY. CITY LEADERS ARE
DISCUSSING THE FINAL DESIGN
PHASES OF THE WESTERN BRT ROUTE
AS WRAL'S. LAURA LEVINE SHARES.
>> THEY HOPE THIS PROJECT WILL
BEGIN BY 2026.
>> THIS IS THE NEXT IMPORTANT
STEP FOR THE WESTERN CORRIDOR
OF THE BUS, RAPID TRANSIT LINE
THAT WOULD BEGIN RIGHT HERE IN
DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. THE CITY'S
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS
NOW TRANSITIONING FROM THE
PRELIMINARY DESIGN. PHASE 2,
THE FINAL DESIGN PHASE, WHICH
IS KEY BEFORE CONSTRUCTION
COULD BEGIN. TAKE A LOOK AT
WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT IS
30% OF THE DESIGN PHASE NOW
COMPLETE FOR THIS ROUTE THAT
WOULD GO FROM DOWNTOWN RALEIGH
THROUGH WESTERN BOULEVARD TO
DOWNTOWN CARY. WE'RE TOLD THAT
THEY'RE REALLY TAKING A CLOSER
LOOK AND UTILIZING THE CURRENT
INFRASTRUCTURE TO DETERMINE
STATION PLACEMENT RIGHT OF WAYS
AND CREATING A MULTI CORRIDOR
TO ACCOMMODATE VEHICLES, BUSES,
BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS.
>> WE'RE BUILDING UPON THOSE
TYPE ALI G'S OR ARE THESE TYPES
OF ROADWAY DIAGRAMS THAT WE PUT
TOGETHER FOR THE ENTIRE
SEGMENT, WHICH IS FROM DOWNTOWN
RALEIGH TO DOWNTOWN CARRIES
MULTI-MODAL CENTER. I WOULD
LIKE TO ADD THAT ALL OF THOSE
SEGMENTS DO BICYCLE AND
PEDESTRIAN ACCOMMODATIONS AS
WELL.
>> SO TODAY, THE TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT WILL ASK THE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO AUTHORIZE
A CONTRACT OF UP TO 22 MILLION
DOLLARS TO WORK WITH AN
ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FOR THIS
NEXT PHASE. A VERY CRITICAL
PART IN THIS PROJECT.
CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO
BEGIN IN TWENTY-TWENTY 6.
LAURA LEVINE, WRAL NEWS IN
RALEIGH. AND WE WILL BE
WATCHING FOR A DECISION ON THE
BUS. RAPID TRANSIT FROM CITY
LEADERS TODAY. MAKE SURE TO
TUNE IN DURING OUR NEWSCAST
FROM 4 TO 7.30, THIS EVENING