Capital Blvd Corridor Study

The draft Capital Boulevard Corridor Study outlines recommendations for transforming the most travelled gateway into Downtown Raleigh into a showcase for multimodal transportation and green infrastructure. The final report focuses on capital projects, in recognition that significant changes to the physical infrastructure of the corridor, not just new land use policies, are necessary to achieve meaningful change. It is also a vision plan, in that these project ideas, while tested for feasibility, will require future design and engineering studies to nail down the details.

The proposed plan for Capital Boulevard is organized around seven vision themes. Each specific recommendation and project in the plan implements one or more of these themes. The seven themes are: happy motoring, transitioning to transit; moving without fossil fuels; greening the infrastructure; at home on Capital Boulevard; business and industry; and a gateway transformed.

The final report is scheduled to be presented for consideration by the City Council at 1 p.m. on June 19, 2012.

For more information, contact Trisha Hasch with the City of Raleigh Urban Design Center, at 919-807-8480 or Trisha.Hasch@raleighnc.gov.