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Quail Hollow Drive Green Street - Phase 1

Quail Hollow Drive Green Street - Phase 1

How to Navigate this Page and Survey:

  • Please review all information on each tab. Upon reviewing information on each tab, scroll to the bottom and click "Continue."
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  • There are 6 total tabs, titled: Background, Big Branch Connector Overview, What is a Green Street?, Phase 1 - 2025, Future Project Phases, and Feedback.
  • The project survey is the last tab for review, on the "Feedback" page. Please review all project information prior to completing the survey.
  • Please hit the green "Submit Survey" button at the bottom of the "Feedback" page to document your comments.   

 

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Please email staff at activemobility@raleighnc.gov or call 919-996-2504 if you need assistance.

 

Quail Hollow Drive between Hardimont Road and Millbrook Road has been identified for active mobility improvements, green stormwater infrastructure (GSI), and traffic calming as part of the 2020 Midtown-St. Albans Area Plan and speed compliance thresholds met through the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program.

 

  • What is active mobility?
    • Active mobility refers to human-powered modes of transportation, such as walking, cycling, scooting, skateboarding, etc.
    • Creating a dedicated space along Quail Hollow Drive for active mobility users will improve the safety and comfort level for people of all ages and all abilities to walk, bike, or scoot. 

 

  • What is green stormwater infrastructure (GSI)?
    • GSI includes many options that slow down, capture, and allow stormwater runoff to infiltrate into the ground. By using specialized soil, native plants, and stone, GSI mimics natural green spaces by filtering runoff and reducing pollution entering local waterways. GSI can also recharge groundwater supplies and provide pollinator habitat.
    • Big Branch Creek and its adjacent floodplain, running parallel to the west side of Quail Hollow Drive, flow into Crabtree Creek, a waterbody currently classified as impaired.

 

Call to Action:

The City of Raleigh Bicycle and Pedestrian Program is requesting your input on the design of the Quail Hollow Drive Green Street - Phase 1. To better understand the project process and design, please review the instructions below, and review all tabs before submitting survey feedback. 

 

The project survey is open through July 18th, 2025.

You are on page 1 out of 6 pages. The survey is located on page 6, on the tab labeled "Feedback." Please hit the green "Continue" button at the bottom of the page to move to page 2. 

 

From the 2020 Midtown-St. Albans Area Plan, the Walkable Midtown: The Midtown-St. Albans Area Plan was created to summarize the process, findings and action items of the Area Plan. The report identifies Quail Hollow as a priority green street with a “shared use path on the east side, or a combination that achieves low stress walking and biking” (page 19) as part of the "Midtown Ring" of bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. 

 

 

 

Quail Hollow Drive is shown as the yellow segment 1 of the "Midtown Ring."

 

Recommendations for the Quail Hollow Green Street also include Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI), which refers to devices for cleaning, containing, and slowing down stormwater runoff before it enters our natural bodies of water. GSI solutions for the Quail Hollow Green Street were shown as permeable pavement, bioretention swales, and bioretention bump-outs (page 17,100,114 of  Walkable Midtown: The Midtown-St. Albans Area Plan). 

 

This project is in Phase One of a multi-phased effort to implement a traffic-calmed green street along Quail Hollow Drive. Phase One includes installation of active mobility improvements on the east side of Quail Hollow Drive. Future phases include installation of green stormwater infrastructure, traffic calming, street resurfacing, and addressing sidewalk gaps. Details on future phases of the project are explained on the "Future Project Phases" tab of this public input page.

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Project Identification

Quail Hollow Drive was identified in the Midtown-St. Albans Area Plan as one of four Green Street projects. Green streets are designed to accomplish the following:

  • Taming vehicle speeds on wide streets with potentially growing traffic volumes. 
  • Providing safer, more comfortable places for people to walk or bike.
  • Retaining stormwater before it goes places where it can cause flooding.
  • Greening and beautifying area streets. 

The Midtown-St. Albans Area Plan was approved by City Council in December 2020. A robust public engagement process, including 10 public meetings with 600 participants, informed visioning and recommendations of the plan. The Midtown-St. Albans Area Plan identified 7 "Big Moves" as action items coming out of the report. The Quail Hollow project aligns with 4 of the 7 identified Big Moves (page 15, Walkable Midtown Plan).

One of the top issues identified was the need to make Midtown safer and more comfortable for people walking or riding a bicycle.

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Preliminary Design (Spring 2025)

Transportation and Stormwater staff have conducted a feasibility analysis of the corridor as it relates to active mobility infrastructure and green stormwater infrastructure. 

Due to existing street characterisitcs, a two-way cycle track is proposed on the east side of Quail Hollow Drive between Hardimont Road and Millbrook Road.

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Advanced Design Review (Fall 2025)

All comments from the Preliminary Design phase will be incorporated when possible, while maintaining best practices to ensure that an all ages and abilities active mobility connection is built. 

Please review the proposed design and contact staff if you have any questions. 

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Construction Notice (Spring 2026)

A notice of the construction timeline and project impacts will be sent to residents of the street and its surrounding neighborhood (2 blocks back from project street). 

Phase 1 Project Timeline

  • Spring 2025
    • Preliminary Design. 
    • Public Touchpoint #1 - Preliminary Design Survey and Comment Period. 
  • Summer 2025
    • Advanced Design. 
  • Fall 2025
    • Advanced Design Review.
    • Public Touchpoint #2 - Advanced Design Review Comment Period.
  • Winter 2026 
    • Final Design.
  • Spring 2026
    • Construction begins. 
    • Construction notice sent to residents. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Quail Hollow Drive was identified in the Midtown-St. Albans Area Plan as a high priority Green Street project, with recommended implementation within 3-7 years of adoption of the Midtown-St. Albans Area Plan (adopted in 2020). 

This recommendation was informed by a robust public engagement process, which inlcuded 10 public meetings and input from 600+ individuals.  

This section of Quail Hollow Drive is also Segment 5 of 6 segments outlined in the Big Branch Greenway Connector project. The Big Branch Greenway Connector is a high priority trail in the Greenway Master Plan, which was identified as part of a robust public engagement process that included over 4,300 participants across the City of Raleigh.

A cycle track is a bike lane separated from moving cars, parked cars, and sidewalks by a physical barrier. Cycle tracks provide a dedicated space for bicyclists and minimize potential conflicts between people who walk, bike, and drive.