Kerr Avenue Trail

• Project typeMulti-use Path
• Project valueContract not yet awarded
• Project scheduleConstruction to begin fall 2024

Overview

This 0.7-mile multi-use path along Kerr Avenue will provide a safe pedestrian route from the UNCW campus and College Road to commercial areas north of Market Street via the NCDOT Kerr Avenue project. On the north end, it will connect with existing NCDOT sidewalks along Kerr Avenue that run from Randall Parkway, across Market Street all the way to Sunglow. On the south end, it will connect with a signalized crosswalk that will provide a safe crossing of College Road and link to UNCW and the Gary Shell Cross-City Trail. The feasibility study has been completed and design is underway. Construction is anticipated to begin in fall 2024.

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Project Benefits

• Provides safe option for many students living near UNCW to get to campus
• Maximizes use of public dollars by complementing and expanding upon existing trails
• Helps create safe connections for bicycling and walking between existing and planned trails
• Provides healthy, safe option to get exercise
• Provides walking/biking as another way for several neighborhoods and large apartment complexes to reach commercial areas, getting cars off congested roads
• Addresses one of the top priorities identified from citizens in neighborhood meetings held around the city earlier this year as part of city’s effort to develop long-term plan for growth