Upcoming Improvements At a glance
Inland greens Park
Riverwalk repairs
• Construction on new park scheduled to
begin in February; completion expected
in fall of 2014
• Repairs to the
underground supporting
wall at foot of Orange
and Ann streets
• 1.95 million project includes extensive
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stormwater drainage improvements on
city-owned Inland Greens golf course
and Wiregrass Road
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walking trail and 9-hole, par-3 golf course
5-year infrastructure
improvement plan
• Work on city’s 5-year
maintenance plan will
continue this year
• Section behind Brooks
Building (between Dock
and Market streets) will be
demolished and replaced
• Repairs to section of underground supporting wall in
front of Federal Courthouse will begin in late 2014;
US Coast Guard owns this portion of riverwalk and
will coordinate necessary repairs with city’s planned
improvements to Riverfront Park
• City project will immediately follow in 2015,
expected to take approximately one year to complete
• Major projects include
paving Greenville Loop Road
and additional sections of
Cardinal/Clear Run drives
this summer
• Other paving projects to
begin this year: Racine Drive,
Covil Avenue, Darlington
Avenue, 41st Street, Floral
Parkway, Audobon Boulevard
Northern Riverfront Park
Gary Shell Cross-City Trail
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Now that land has been purchased, initial
feedback will be gathered about what amenities
to include in this 6.63-acre passive park
• Construction of a
1.3-mile section now
underway; expected
to be completed
this summer
• Mid-year, city will solicit proposals for park
design that will include a public input process
New riverwalk
construction on
northern end
Municipal
Golf Course
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year to refurbish the
18-hole Donald Rossdesigned municipal
golf course located
on Pine Grove Drive
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restoration of Muni’s
greens since it was
constructed in 1926
• Construction of
additional 1100 feet
of riverwalk that will
connect with existing
section adjacent to
Isabel Holmes Bridge
is underway, to be
completed later
this year
• Final 300-foot section connecting two sections
referenced above will be built later this year when a
privately owned restaurant complex next to the marina
is constructed
New fire stations
• egan implementation of plan to relocate
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four fire stations and consolidate them into
two new stations
• ocation of new stations will help improve
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response times to emergencies in more
up-to-date facilities
• tations to be replaced: Station #3 on
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Princess Place Drive, Station #4 on Wallace
Drive, Station #5 Wellington Avenue,
Station #6 on Carolina Beach Road
• New stations:
Station #3 on Cinema Drive –
construction to begin this spring;
• When completed later this year, riverwalk will be
continuous 1.75 mile stretch from Chandler’s Wharf
to Isabel Holmes Bridge
Stormwater drainage improvement projects
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• Segment will run
up South 17th Street beginning at St. Andrews
Drive, cross College Road with pedestrian
amenities, and connect with Wade Park
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tarted Antelope Trail project, expected to be completed this spring – $300,000
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xpect to begin South Branch Bradley Creek/Michelle Drive project this spring – $3.2 M
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xpect to begin Phase I of Wisteria/Clearbrook project this summer – $2.3 M
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xpect to begin Brenda Drive project fall 2014/winter 2015 – $400,000
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xpect to begin Rogersville Road pipe replacement this winter – $330,000
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Station #5 on Shipyard Boulevard,
near Carolina Beach Road –
construction expected to begin in 2015
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Wellington Avenue and Carolina Beach Road
• uch of costs being funded through
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savings from other city construction
projects completed under budget
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