Raleigh weighs traffic impacts of Lenovo Center entertainment district
As plans for the $1 billion Lenovo Center development advance in west Raleigh, state and city officials are working to ensure the area is prepared for heavier traffic.
As plans for the $1 billion Lenovo Center development advance in west Raleigh, state and city officials are working to ensure the area is prepared for heavier traffic.
This month the Raleigh City Council approved a rezoning request for the 80 acres surrounding the arena to allow for new hotels, restaurants, apartment buildings, office space and parking decks. The Carolina Hurricanes organization, led by owner Tom Dundon, has a bold vision to transform the area into a premier sports and entertainment destination.
To support the growth, significant road work is underway and being planned by the North Carolina Department of Transportation — much of it in the pipeline long before the arena development plans took shape.
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Two of the biggest projects are in their final months. NCDOT is lowering the grade of Blue Ridge Road at Hillsborough Street, making it an underpass to avoid the railroad. And it's in the final stages of upgrading the oldest section of Interstate 440 nearby. Both of those projects should be complete by the end of this year or in early 2026, said Becca Gallas, division engineer with NCDOT.
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Rendering of the sports and entertainment district planned around the Lenovo Center in Raleigh.
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In the future, NCDOT is planning improvements along Wade Avenue, likely additional lanes to enhance capacity.
NCDOT is working with the developers of the entertainment district on a traffic impact analysis that can further 'inform what congestion might look like in that area and how do we appropriately plan for it,' Gallas said.
Bradley Kimbrell, strategy and development administrator for transportation for the City of Raleigh, said the city's role is in ensuring safe public access. That likely means bicycle and pedestrian improvements in the area of the planned development. Kimbrell said there's a larger vision in play and that the city will work to make sure it is respected in the process, whether it's about the bike corridor running along the site plan or nearby greenways.
'It is an open dialogue,' Kimbrell said.
That dialogue has already resulted in some changes. The rezoning application for the site initially came before council April 2 but concerns over pedestrian safety had Dundon's real estate venture, Pacific Elm Properties of Dallas, revising its plans, reserving space for bike racks and bike shares. The rezoning was approved April 15. Gale Force Sports and Entertainment, the parent company of the Carolina Hurricanes, plans to start work on the project's first phase late this year.
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