Greenway safety under the microscope after mass shooting
NEWS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON.
>> MORE THAN A WEEK NOW AFTER
THE MASS SHOOTING IN
HEADINGHAM, RALEIGH LEADERS
ARE URGING PEOPLE TO RETURN TO
THE GREENWAY. BUT YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND SOME ANXIETY OR
RELUCTANCE TO OF THE 5 VICTIMS
WERE SHOT AND KILLED ON THE
NEUSE RIVER TRAIL TONIGHT.
WRAL'S JOE FISHER IS TAKING
QUESTIONS ABOUT GREENWAY SAFETY
STRAIGHT TO CITY LEADERS.
MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE USE
THE GREENWAY SYSTEM IN RALEIGH
EVERY YEAR. THIS STRETCH NEAR
HEADINGHAM IS A BUSY ONE.
>> AND WHILE THE RECENT TRAGEDY
HAS AFFECTED SOME PEOPLE SENSE
OF SECURITY, THE CITY SAYS THE
BENEFITS OF THE GREENWAY FAR
OUTWEIGH ANY SAFETY CONCERNS.
THE 117 MILES OF GREENWAY ARE A
PART OF RALEIGH'S IDENTITY.
MY LOVE GETTING OUT, ESPECIALLY
THIS TIME OF YEAR AND SADLY
NOW LINKED TO THE MASS SHOOTING
AFTER MARY MARSHALL ENSUE CARD
AT WERE GUNNED DOWN ON THE
TRAIL. THE FIRST TIME I READ
THROUGH THE HEADINGHAM SECTION
6 AND UNITED'S TOOK A MOMENT
AND PRAY. DESIGN HAS A RIGHT
JUST FOR THE ALL THE FAMILIES
INVOLVED CYCLIST MARKLAY IS NOT
LETTING THE TRAGEDY SCARE HIM
AWAY FROM WHAT HE LOVES.
IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED ANYWHERE
EITHER. IS BEVERLY CLARK BEING
IN NATURE IS PART OF THE
SOLUTION.
>> IT IS PART HOW WE FEEL IS A
COMMUNITY. CLARK IS AN AVID
CYCLIST AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE
CITY'S GREENWAY ADVISORY BOARD,
OUR CHILDREN AND OUR ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
>> NEED MORE GREEN TIME.
AND LAST SCREEN TIME.
>> OFFICE LAST YEAR, MORE THAN
2.3 MILLION PEOPLE USE THE
GREENWAYS IN RALEIGH SO FAR
THIS YEAR, NEARLY 1.3 MILLION
AND MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE
HAVE USED THE STRETCH OF TRAIL
THAT RUNS THROUGH HEADINGHAM.
OUR PARKS ARE SAFE IN OUR
GREENWAYS FOR SAY STEVEN
BENTLEY IS RALEIGH'S PARKS AND
REC DIRECTOR. WHAT WOULD YOU
SAY IS THE GREATEST CONCERN AS
FAR AS CRIME GOES ON THE
GREENWAY CURRENTLY IT VEHICLES
BEING BROKEN INTO. BUT MORE
SERIOUS CRIMES DO HAPPEN.
JUST LAST MONTH, POLICE FOUND
21 YEAR-OLD RODNEY CLARK.
>> DEAD ON THE CRABTREE CREEK
TRAIL AND 2 YEARS AGO, POLICE
SAY CYCLISTS CHAUNCEY DEPEW
WAS STABBED AND BEATEN ON THE
WALNUT CREEK TRAIL. TIP USE
DEATH PROMPTED RPD THIS YEAR
TO LAUNCH A NEW PARKS IN
GREENWAY UNIT INCLUDING 7
OFFICERS PATROLLING ON BIKES,
HORSES AND ATV'S. THE NUMBER
ONE SAFETY ISSUES. WE HAVE OUR
CONFLICTS BETWEEN BICYCLISTS
AND PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE THE
NUMBER OF USERS, SO EITHER.
>> A BIKE A CYCLIST IS GOING
TOO FAST FOR RIGHT OR A JOGGER
GETS IN THE LINE WITH
BICYCLISTS. WHILE THE NOOSE
RIVER TRAIL IS A BIT QUIETER.
NORMALLY A DAY LIKE TODAY, YOU
MIGHT.
>> SEE TRIPLE THE NUMBERS.
I SAW.
>> IT REMAINS A PLACE OF
REFUGE, A PLACE TO PROCESS ALL
THAT'S BEEN LOST. JUST NEED TO
TAKE A BREATH.
>> AND
LET CHAIR HART CALEB LITTLE
BIT. FIRST, WHEREVER YOU GO.