Here is a laudatory article in the Chapel Hill News about the new greenway to alleviate the hazards of biking on Greensboro St – a project which we supported. However, there are also some discomfiting quotes from Carrboro planner Jeff Brubecker about another greenway that was proposed in a consultant’s report in 2009;\u00a0 these plans were not adopted by the Board of Aldermen.<\/p>\n
Click here<\/a> for today’s story.\u00a0 The article cites the Save Bolin Creek petition of over 1000 votes which opposed building a paved path between Homestead Road and Estes Extension.\u00a0 Actually signatures are now up to 1128.<\/p>\n Here is a map<\/a> that shows connectivity can achieved in all directions without spending anymore money than is currently budgeted. All routes are either built or planned.<\/p>\n Friends of Bolin Creek is on record opposing a paved path through the conservation area of Bolin Forest. If you want to read further on why we oppose it, read this story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is a laudatory article in the Chapel Hill News about the new greenway to alleviate the hazards of biking on Greensboro St – a project which we supported. However, there are also some discomfiting quotes from Carrboro planner Jeff Brubecker about another greenway that was proposed in a consultant’s report in 2009;\u00a0 these plans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[204,202,203,166,31,39,40],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bolin-creek-paving-controversy","tag-bolin-forest","tag-conservation","tag-friends-of-bolin-creek","tag-greenway-t","tag-protecting-creeks","tag-water-quality","tag-wildlife-preservation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t