Council Approves Funding Related To Extension Of Fayetteville Street
The Raleigh City Council voted 7-1 on April 3 to approve $1.46 million for early work on Phase II of the Fayetteville Street Renaissance Project. The funds will be used for waterproofing, drainage and earthwork.
Phase II of the Fayetteville Street Renaissance Project is extending Fayetteville Street to Lenoir Street and creating a City Plaza area in the 500 block of Fayetteville Street. Phase I was completed last July and included reopening four blocks of the Fayetteville Street pedestrian mall to vehicular traffic and converting Martin and Hargett streets from one-way streets to two-way streets. The Fayetteville Street Renaissance Project is an economic development and revitalization effort for the downtown street.
The Phase II work that the council approved will help the City provide access for construction of the Marriott convention center headquarters hotel. The four-star, 400-room Marriot hotel and the City’s new 500,000-square-foot downtown convention center are both scheduled to be complete in the summer of 2008.
For More Information Contact:
J. Russell Allen
City Manager
City Manager Department
222 West Hargett Street
Raleigh, NC 27602
919-996-3070
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