Draft Comprehensive Transportation Plan Update_September 25

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Pedestrian and Bicycle Network Figure 2-21 shows Morrisville’s pedestrian and bicycle network. The network consists of sidewalks, multi-use paths (wide paths adjacent to roadways), greenways (paved trails not adjacent to roadways), and on-street bike facilities. The most recently available GIS for sidewalks in Morrisville is from 2014, so sidewalks constructed since then are not shown in Figure 2-21. The pedestrian and bicycle network includes two connected greenways. The Indian Creek Greenway is 1.8 miles in length and runs alongside Town Hall Drive from Morrisville-Carpenter Road to McCrimmon Parkway. The Shiloh Greenway is 1.7 miles in length and runs alongside and through a power easement from McCrimmon Parkway near Town Hall Drive north to Weaver Forest Way near NC 540. Additionally, construction on the Crabtree Creek and Hatcher Creek Greenways is anticipated to begin in 2017. The new greenways will provide an east-west connection through Morrisville from Lake Crabtree to the Town of Cary’s greenway system. Two North Carolina bicycle routes run through Morrisville: Mountains to Sea (NC Bike Route 2) and Carolina Connection (NC Bike Route 1). The Mountains to Sea route spans more than 700 miles from the Town of Murphy in the southwest part of the state to the Town of Manteo in the Outer Banks. In Morrisville, the route follows Morrisville-Carpenter Road, Church Street, Watkins Road, Perimeter Park Drive, and Airport Boulevard. Carolina Connection is also the North Carolina segment of US Bike Route 1, which runs from Florida to Maine. The bike route utilizes NW Cary Parkway in southeast Morrisville.

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September 25, 2017 Draft