Share your input Tuesday on plans for area around Raleigh's first bus rapid transit line
RUNNING TOMORROW. KELSEY COPY
WRAL, NEWS LIVE IN DURHAM.
>> TODAY YOU CAN SHARE YOUR
INPUT ON DEVELOPMENT AROUND A
NEW BUS ROUTE IN RALEIGH
WRAL'S. LAURA LEVINE IS LIVE
ON NEW BERN AVENUE OR
CONSTRUCTION IS ALREADY STARTED
ON THIS NEW BUS LINE. GOOD
MORNING, LAURA.
>> HEY, JEFF, GOOD MORNING.
YES, RIGHT NOW WE'RE STANDING
RIGHT OFF OF NEW BERN AVENUE.
YOU CAN SEE WE'RE RIGHT IN
FRONT OF WAKE MED, BUT I WANT
TO CHECK THIS OUT HERE IN FRONT
OF LAKE MET, THERE IS ALREADY
A GOAL RALEIGH BUS STOP HERE.
BUT IN JUST A FEW YEARS, WE'RE
GOING TO SEE THAT BUS RAPID
TRANSIT STOP AT PENN STATION'S,
INCLUDING A KNEW ONE HERE IN
FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL. TODAY.
THE CITY WILL HEAR FROM PEOPLE
THERE THOUGHT TO LIVE IN THIS
COMMUNITY ABOUT THE NEW
REZONING REQUEST. TAKE A LOOK
AT SOME OF THIS VIDEO YOU'RE
LOOKING AT FROM THE GROUND.
BREAKING BACK IN NOVEMBER AND
THE RENDERINGS GIVING YOU AN
IDEA OF WHAT THIS WILL LOOK
LIKE. THE BUS LINE WILL TAKE
PEOPLE FROM DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. CITY
LEADERS ARE CONSIDERING A
REZONING PLAN FOR HIGHER
DENSITY DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE
CORRIDOR. MORE THAN 1000
RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS,
TRANSIT RIDERS ELEMENTARY AND
HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
STUDENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN
THE PLANNING EFFORT. THE
RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE MORE
HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES ALONG NEW BERN
AVENUE. MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, MORE WALKABILITY
IMPROVING SAFETY FOR
PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS AND
PRESERVING THE BLACK
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE HISTORY
AROUND IT. OPPONENTS BELIEVE
THAT THE HIGH DENSITY REZONING
WILL FORCE SOME OF THOSE
EXISTING HISTORIC
AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS
AND BUSINESSES OUT AND LEAVE
NO ROOM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO AT THIS MEETING TODAY, THERE
WILL BE ONE HOUR FOR SUPPORTERS
TO SPEAK ANOTHER HOUR FOR
OPPONENTS TO SPEAK AND SHARE
THEIR THOUGHTS. THAT MEETING
BEGINS AT 07:00PM. LAURA