{"id":1804,"date":"2013-11-20T11:38:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T15:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2018-04-27T15:14:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T19:14:01","slug":"capital-blvd-peace-street-bridge-replacement-moving-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/glenwood-south\/capital-blvd-peace-street-bridge-replacement-moving-ahead","title":{"rendered":"Peace Street Bridge Replacement on Capital Blvd Moving Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cap_blvd2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1804]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1805\" alt=\"cap_blvd2\" src=\"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cap_blvd2-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cap_blvd2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cap_blvd2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>After years of planning and the review of multiple designs, the city is now down to just two options for how the new bridge will connect into the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p><b>Here&#8217;s the schedule:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winter 2013 \u2013 Environmental Assessment<\/li>\n<li>Spring 2014 \u2013 Public Hearing<\/li>\n<li>Fall 2014 \u2013 Final Environmental Document<\/li>\n<li>Year 2015 \u2013 Begin Right of Way Acquisition<\/li>\n<li>Year 2016 \u2013 Begin Construction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Why it matters so much<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The selection of the final bridge design stands to hugely impact the development of the surrounding area. The bridge could become an important catalyst to spark a major makeover of a large swath of underdeveloped area on the northeast corner of Glenwood South.<\/p>\n<p>The city prefers the &#8220;P-5&#8221; design, considered to be the most consistent with the work already done as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raleighnc.gov\/business\/content\/PlanUrbanDesign\/Articles\/CapitalBlvdCorridorStudy.html\">Capital Blvd Corridor Study<\/a>.\u00a0 A new street grid will be created to handle traffic on and off the new bridge that will open up new redevelopment lots bounded by Johnson, Harrington and Peace Streets.<\/p>\n<p>The P-5 or \u201csquare loop\u201d design will obviously cost more that the other option, which is basically to put the bridge ramps in the same configuration as they are today.<\/p>\n<p>There have been numerous posts on this blog about how a better road network in this northern end of downtown can restore vitality to the area, and I\u2019m sure most people would agree on the need to finally address the poor pedestrian and bike conditions along East Peace Street.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P<a href=\"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/\/glenwood-south\/one-month-to-weigh-in-on-plans-for-capital-blvd-corridor\">lans for Capital Blvd Corridor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>P<a href=\"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/\/glenwood-south\/peace-street-corridor-picture-a-complete-street-with-new-park-and-greenway-connections\">eace Street Corridor: Picture a \u201ccomplete street\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>G<a href=\"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/\/glenwood-south\/glenwood-souths-northeast-corner-frontier-of-possibility\">lenwood South\u2019s Northeast Corner &#8211; Frontier of possibility<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Review the alternative bridge designs<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Jump over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/dtraleigh.com\/2013\/11\/new-capital-boulevard-designs-out-status-quo-versus-new-connections\/?fb_action_ids=10101569215416639&amp;fb_action_types=og.likes&amp;fb_source=other_multiline&amp;action_object_map=%7B%2210101569215416639%22%3A750992208248586%7D&amp;action_type_map=%7B%2210101569215416639%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&amp;action_ref_map=%5B%5D\">Raleigh Connoisseur<\/a> for an in-depth description of the new bridge alternatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of planning and the review of multiple designs, the city is now down to just two options for how the new bridge will connect into the surrounding area. Here&#8217;s the schedule: Winter 2013 \u2013 Environmental Assessment Spring 2014 \u2013 Public Hearing Fall 2014 \u2013 Final Environmental Document Year 2015 \u2013 Begin Right of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1804"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1815,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions\/1815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}