STUDY AREA
 A detailed grayscale map with blue and green highlights showing a planning area in an urban region. The map includes a key indicating features such as 'Planning Area' (light blue), 'Streams' (blue), 'Railroads' (dotted gray), 'Greenways' (green lines), and 'Parks and Open Space' (green shaded areas). Major streets, highways, and railroads are labeled, with significant roads including W Trade St, Freedom Dr, and Tryon St. A small inset map in the top-right corner provides a broader geographical context. The planning area follows a network of streams and greenways throughout the city, with parks and open spaces scattered across the region.

 

PROJECT GOALS

  1. Reconnect: Retrofit or mitigate I-77 facility to reconnect the West End to Uptown.
  2. Reprioritize: Meet demand while also prioritizing the safe and comfortable movement of people.
  3. Reclaim: Reclaim land from the interchange area to better connect the West End to adjacent communities.
  4. Recalibrate: Understand future demand and design currently under evaluation through I-77 South Express Lanes project.
  5. Redevelop: Develop plans & policies to support mixed-income, mixed-use development.
  6. Redesign: Deliver 10% engineering plans for a West End interchange that accomplishes the above.

 

PROJECT PARTNERS

  • City of Charlotte
  • NCDOT
  • Community Partners (JCSU, Inlivian, Historic West End Partners, Five Points Community Collaborative, Charlotte Center City Partners, and others)
  • Project Funders (USDOT, Knight Foundation, Fifth Third Bank / LISC, and Wells Fargo)


YOUR VOICE MATTERS!

Join us in Reconnecting the West End! Your input is essential to creating a plan for the I-77 West End Interchange that reflects the values of the community. The feedback from this survey will inform the outcomes and recommendations of the Reconnecting the West End project. This survey will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. 

Please answer the following questions below as best you can. If you do not have an answer or prefer not to respond to a particular question, you can skip it.