Fayetteville Master Path Plan Assessment Summary

Master Path Plan Assessment Summary & Draft Project Recommendations Presented at Public Meeting Open House on January 31, 2019

Community facilities were assessed to determine potential areas of origin and destination for walkers, bikers, and golf cart users.

Areas highlighted in red signify commercial land uses. Areas highlighted in yellow signify higher density residential land uses. Both of these types of land use are expected to generate higher levels of pedestrian, biking, and golf cart activity.

Important community facilities such as schools, libraries, hospitals, and government buildings also generate demand. It will be important to connect the community to these facilities.

Potential origins and destinations are generally oriented along SR 85 and SR 54. The heaviest concentration of origins and destinations is centered on the Courthouse Square in downtown.

Connectivity from the neighborhoods to downtown is important.

Feedback from the community was solicited both online and in person.

This map illustrates the feedback that has been received to date.

Downtown Fayetteville around the courthouse square received the most attention. Respondents noted a desire for better crosswalks, more sidewalks, and bicycle facilities in and around downtown. This need will grow as the downtown redevelopment plan continues.

The Hood Road bridge over Whitewater Creek was identified as an opportunity. Rebuilding this bridge for pedestrian, bike, and golf cart use would provide excellent east-west connectivity for Fayetteville.

Other routes that received significant attention include: • SR 85 south • SR 314 • Redwine Rd • SR 92 near Helen Sams The Ridge Nature Preserve and Pavilion shopping center were both identified as important origins and destinations.

A walking propensity analysis was completed for the City of Fayetteville. This quantitative analysis looks at four factors to predict the most likely locations where people would walk if there were sidewalks.

The four factors are: • • • •

Existing Land Use School and Park Zones Intersection Density Pedestrian Crashes

The analysis shows a strong walking demand in downtown Fayetteville.

Demand here is due to commercial land uses, a grid street network with small blocks, and proximity to schools.

Other high demand nodes include the intersection of SR 54 and Grandy Ave. due to commercial and office land uses, proximity to Fayette County Alternative School and Spring Hill Elementary School, and the Meridian luxury apartment development.

Notable in its absence in the analysis is the Pinewood development in western Fayetteville. At the time of this analysis the land use and street network were not available as inputs.

However, this development will drive higher walking demand than is shown in this analysis.

Streets in and around Fayetteville were evaluated for how comfortable they are for biking. This Bicycle Comfort Index looks at the speed and volume of automobile traffic. The index assumes that as travel speed the volume of traffic increase the road becomes les comfortable for cyclists.

This map shows level of comfort by color. Roads in green are the most comfortable to ride on. Those yellow and orange are progressively more uncomfortable to ride on. Those in red are the most uncomfortable to ride on.

The results show that almost all of longer routes uncomfortable to ride a bicycle on. This illustrates a need for either on-rode or separated bicycle facilities to help facilitate bicycle mobility.

This map illustrates existing sidewalks in the City of Fayetteville.

Overall, the city boasts good sidewalk coverage. Notable missing links in sidewalk coverage include: • • • • • • • • •

Veterans Parkway Sandy Creek Road Burch Road (access to the Ridge) Hood Road/Ave (unincorporated) New Hope Road Banks Road (unicorporated) Gingercake Road Portions of SR 85 Portions of SR 314

Fayette County is in the process of finalizing a planning process for its Transportation Plan. The Fayette Transportation Plan includes recommendations for a countywide Master Path Plan.

This map illustrates the path recommendations in the vicinity of the City of Fayetteville.

This map illustrates a draft set of project recommendations for the Fayetteville Master Path Plan.

Recommendations include sidewalks, sidepaths, safety improvements, and greenway trails.

Greenway Trails: Independent ROW

Sidepaths: Trails along roadways

Sidewalks:

This map includes the draft project recommendations for the City of Fayetteville with the current county recommendations in the background.

There are a number of projects that overlap between the two plans. This presents opportunities for joint funding for project implementation. It also shows the need for the city and county to coordinate.

DRAFT PROJECT LIST

ID 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 200 201 202 203 204 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 223

Roadway Name SR 54/W. Lanier Ave. Fisher Ave. SR 54/W. Lanier Ave. Georgia Ave. Hillsdale Dr. Mimosa Dr. Rosewood Dr. LaFayette Avenue SR 85/Glynn St. South SR 92/Helen Sams Pkwy.

SR 92/Jimmie Mayfield Blvd.

Redwine Rd. SR 314 Burch Rd. Hood Ave. Tiger Trail Gingercake Rd. White Road SR 54 SR 85 Bradley Drive SR 54 SR 314 SR 92/Forest Ave. Sandy Creek Rd/Veterans Pkwy.

Banks Road S. Sandy Creek Road Lester Road Ginger Cake Drive Kathi Ave.

From East of Brandywine Blvd./Oak St. SR 85 LaFayette Ave. N. Jeff Davis Dr. N. Jeff Davis Dr. Hillsdale Dr. Georgia Ave. Tiger Trail Grady Ave. FPP-209 City Limits Long Lake Approach City Limits SR 54/W. Lanier Ave. Veterans Parkway Hood Ave. SR 54/W. Lanier Ave. SR 92 City Limits N. Jeff Davis Dr. (north of N. Park Dr.) Jimmie Mayfield Blvd.

Piedmont Fayette Hospital City Limts (South of Oak Rd.) White Road SR 54 SR 85 SR 54 SR 54 Ginger Cake Road N. Jeff Davis Dr.

To Sharon Dr./Grady Ave. FPP-109 (Tiger Trail Path) Meeting Place Dr. Rosewood Dr. Mimosa Dr. Georgia Ave. SR 54/E. Lanier Ave. SR 85 Price Road S. Jeff Davis Dr. SR 85 Brookshire Dr. (end City Limits) SR 85 The Ridge Nature Preserve SR 85 Grady Ave. Hood Ave. SR 85 McDonough Road North 85th Parkway SR 85 Lester Road SR 85/Glynn St. North SR 85/Glynn St. North City Limits SR 54 Veterans Parkway City Limit SR 92 SR 85

Project Type Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath

DRAFT PROJECT LIST

ID 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 234 300 301

Roadway Name Bradford Square/First Manassas The Ridge Nature Preserve Grady Ave. Fisher Ave Center Dr Lee St Industrial Way S Jeff Davis Dr Greenway Greenway SR 54 Stonewall Ave

From Grady Ave. Burch Road SR 54 Lee St Lee St Fisher Ave Jimmie Mayfield Blvd.

Helen Sams Pkwy Ramah Rd Banks Road Stonewall Ave. LaFayette Ave.

To The Ridge Nature Preserve Riverlook Mill SR 85 S Jeff Davis Dr Jimmy Mayfield Blvd Williamsberg Way SR 54 Jimmy Mayfield Blvd Spring Hill Greenway Pavilion Parkway Lee Street Booker Ave.

Project Type Greenway Greenway Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Greenway Greenway Safety Safety

County MPP Project List

County Project ID 401 402 403 404 409

Project Description Sidepath Sidepath Greenway Sidepath Greenway

410 414 417 418 419 420 426 428 430 431 446 466 467 468 469 470 559

Greenway Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Sidepath Greenway Sidepath Sidepath Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidepath

Alignment Hood Rd from Veterans Pkwy to SR 85 Gingercake Rd from SR 54 to SR 92 From Veterans Pkwy to Flowers Rd SR 54 from PTC to Gingercake Rd From The Ridge Nature Preserve to Grady Ave near Spring Hill Elementary School Whitewater Creek from SR 54 to Ebenezer Church Rd Veterans Pkwy from SR 54 to Hood Rd SR 54 From Knight Way to McDonough Rd SR 54 From McDonough Rd to Banks Rd Banks Rd from SR 85 to McElroy Rd McDonough Rd from SR 54 to McElroy Rd Sandy Creek Rd from Veterans Pkwy to SR 74 S Jeff Davis from Country Squire Dr to County Line Rd From Sandy Creek Greenway to Gas Line Greenway New Hope Rd from SR 92 to SR 85 N Jeff Davis Dr from SR 85 to SR 54 SR 92 from SR 85 to Peters Rd SR 314 from SR 85 to SR 138 SR 85 from SR 314 to Kenwood Rd SR 92 from SR 85 to Lockwood Rd SR 85 from Grady Ave to Price Rd Sandy Creek Rd from SR 54 to Veterans Pkwy

Corresponding City ID 207 209 NA 211 224 NA 217 211 NA 218 NA NA NA NA NA 202 216 204 and 215 212 201 200 219