CP-14-21 Busway Streets

The request would amend the Street Plan (Map T-1) to apply Busway Streets to the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) routes planned in Map T-2 (Planned Transit Facilities). The specific amendments to the map are detailed below.

New Bern Avenue BRT corridor:

• Busway Four-Lane on Edenton Street from Blount Street to Poole Road
• Busway Four-Lane on Morgan Street and New Bern Avenue from Wilmington Street to Poole Road
• Busway Four-Lane on New Bern Avenue from Poole Road to I-440
• Busway Six-Lane on New Bern Avenue from I-440 to New Hope Road

Southern BRT corridor:

• Busway Four-Lane on South Wilmington Street from Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd to South Street
• Busway Four-Lane on South Salisbury Street from Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd to South Street
• Busway Two-Lane on Wilmington Street from Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd to the end of the South Wilmington Street Extension within the Town of Garner Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.

Western BRT corridor:

• Busway Four-Lane on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and Western Blvd from South Wilmington Street to Gorman Street
• Busway Six-Lane on Western Blvd from Gorman Street to Blue Ridge Road.
• Busway Four-Lane on Western Blvd from Blue Ridge Road to Jones Franklin Road
• Busway Four-Lane on Jones Franklin Road from Western Blvd to Buck Jones Road (future Western Blvd Extension)
• Busway Two-Lane on Western Blvd Extension from Jones Franklin Road to the end of the street in Map T-1 within the Town of Cary Extraterritorial Jurisdiction