High Pt. Rd, but not Lee St.

Despite the following release from the City about an upcoming workshop to talk about the streetscaping for High Point Road/Lee Street Corridor, the reality is that only the section from Veasley Road near Four Seasons and the Coliseum is funded.

Below is the release from the City about the workshop on Sept. 22. The City is only pursuing High Point Road right now and the the remainder is unfunded despite the passage of the $148 million dollar transportation bonds last November. For reasons unknown the me - but perhaps to spread the funds around the City - only half of the estimated $15 million dollar cost of the project was funded. To complete the rest of the project would require releasing more bonds in 5-7 years according to Adam Fishcher, the Acting Director of Transportation. Which, with crude calculations will tell you that it will be 2020 before Lee St. is upgraded. Once again the Glenwood neighborhood gets the short end of the stick.

What do you want to see in Greensboro’s Central Gateway Corridor? Members of the Central Gateway Corridor Partnership want to hear your ideas about how to best implement the recommendations of the High Point Road/West Lee Street Corridor Plan.
To kick off this process, a public workshop will be held on Tuesday September 22, 2009 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Doubletree Hotel located at 3030 High Point Road. Everyone with an interest in the corridor is encouraged to participate. See the attached flier.
Workshop participants will identify preferred design standards and regulatory approaches for the High Point Road/ West Lee Street corridor between South Eugene Street and Veasley Street.
This is the first in a series of public meetings over the next several months related to the development of design standards for the corridor. The results of these workshops will be used by the Central Gateway Corridor Partnership to begin developing specific design guidelines and regulatory tools to be used as new development and redevelopment proposals are made in the corridor. These design standards will complement the streetscape planning and design process currently underway.
Phase I of the High Point Road/West Lee Street Corridor Plan was adopted by the City Council in December 2008. The Central Gateway Corridor Partnership was formed to guide the implementation of the plan’s vision and recommendations. The plan can be downloaded from the City of Greensboro website: www.greensboro-nc.gov.