East Asheville neighborhood group sets priority list for improving pedestrian safety

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Here’s the list, from Chris Pelly to city of Asheville officials:

East Asheville Pedestrian Improvement Priorities

May, 2010

Pedestrian Crosswalks

1) Tunnel Rd at Beverly Rd

2) Tunnel Rd at Maple Springs/Governors View

3) Tunnel Rd at Crockett/New Haw Creek

 

Sidewalks

1) Tunnel Rd from Pleasant Ridge Rd east to Porter Cove Rd, AKA ‘Veterans

Walk’ (from entrance of Parkway Forest sub’d to exit 55 of I-40)

2) Tunnel Rd from Beverly Rd east to Maple Springs Rd

3) New Haw Creek Rd from Tunnel Rd to Arco Rd.

4) New Haw Creek Rd from Beverly Rd to Sondley sub’d entrance

(#‘s 3 &4 per Haw Creek Pedestrian Safety Plan in place since 2003)

5) Swannanoa River Rd from South Tunnel Rd east to Tunnel Rd

6) Chunns Cove Rd from I-240 to Tunnel Rd

 

Pedestrian Safety Measures

 

1) Bull Mountain Rd from Tunnel to Riceville Rd

 

Public Transit

 

1) Expand bus route service to Vets Quarters in Oteen. Route #29 to all

day, #13 to Oteen and #28 more frequently.