Greenway Alerts

The section of the Walnut Creek Trail, between S. Wilmington Street and Fayetteville Street, is currently closed to allow the completion of the Rocky Branch Interceptor Replacement Project. This project consists of the replacement of an existing sewer pipe that is undersized for wet weather events. The project area is located between Martin Luther King Boulevard and Fayetteville Street and parallels the Rocky Branch greenway south of downtown Raleigh. For more information on this project, please visit the project website.

The trail closure is anticipated to last through June 2023. During this time, a detour route is available on Fayetteville Street, south from Water Works St to S. Wilmington Street and north to the Walnut Creek Trail intersection at Keeter Center Drive.

This map shows the closure area and detour route. Contact Matthew Cotton, PE, Senior Project Administrator, if you have any questions at 919-996-3528

A section of the Crabtree Creek Trail between Alleghany Rd. and Chowan Cir. is closed due to a DOT structure rehab of a bridge that passes over the greenway trail.

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A short section of the Walnut Creek Trail, between Avent Ferry Rd and Capability Dr, is closed to accommodate the construction of the Lake Shore Raleigh condominium development. A detour route is in place during this closure. Please follow on-site detour signage to navigate around this temporary closure. For more information about the Lake Shore Raleigh condominium development, please visit the Lake Shore Raleigh website.

The Crabtree Creek West Trail is still under construction and not open to the public. The new trial is scheduled to open fall 2023.

For your safety and that of the construction crew, please do not enter the construction zone. 

The temporary trail access point located at 4000 Lindsay Drive is open. For the safety of trail users, there may be additional closures of this access point during the construction of the Crabtree Creek West project. During these closures, please use the next closest available access, located at 4330 Galax Drive. View Map. Trail users are required to dismount from bicycles and use caution when passing other trail users along the temporary access.

Sections of the Walnut Creek Trail between Rock Quarry Road and I-440 are scheduled to be closed through August 2023, due to the Walnut Creek Sanitary Sewer Improvement Project.  A detour (4 miles) is available utilizing Britch Ridge Drive, Poole Road, Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and Raleigh Boulevard.  Please note that this is a sidewalk only detour. The map can be found here.

If you have any questions contact Edward Stempien, PE  Senior Project Administrator or call919-996-3490

A section of the Neuse River Trail between just south of Milburnie Park and Anderson Point Park will be closed starting November 28, 2022, through early 2024 due to the West Neuse Sewer Interceptor Project.  A sidewalk detour is available, however, the detour is approximately 2.6 miles in length and reconnects at Anderson Point Park and at the greenway parking lot located at 5428 Allen Drive, near the Milburnie dam. Allen Drive and Raleigh Beach Road are low-volume traffic roads but please use extra care when using them.  Sidewalks are available along N. Rogers Lane, Neuse View Place and Anderson Point Drive.  Additionally, an at-grade crossing is required to be made across New Bern Avenue.  For more information on the sewer project, please visit the project website.

If you have any questions contact Janeen Goodwin, PE  Senior Project Administrator or call 919-996-3494

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