There will be a hearing tonight about a “mobility hub,” or Amtrak train station in Wake Forest, specifically about the South White Street parking lot where a Seaboard freight station once stood.
It is a drop-in open house at the Renaissance Center, 405 South Brooks Street, on Wednesday, June 12, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
As part of the S-Line Project, the NC Department of Transportation is studying design options for mobility hubs in several communities, including Wake Forest.,
A mobility hub is a place of connectivity with regional and local multimodal transportation options, providing integrated facilities, amenities, technologies, and services. These hubs offer choices to get users where they need to go, making it easier to transfer from one form of travel, such as walking or biking, to another, such as carpooling or using a bus or shuttle.
A Mobility Hub, including an Amtrak station, is proposed for downtown Wake Forest on the site of the former historic freight and passenger rail depot. Details such as space needs, Wsite design, environmental impacts, and accessibility will be analyzed as part of the study.
The June 12 open house will have an informal, open house-style format, so attendees may drop in anytime between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. to discuss the Town’s mobility need, the preferred site for the mobility hub, economic development opportunities, and share their vision and concerns related to the mobility hub.
For more information about the S-Line Project, including the planned S-Line Mobility Hubs, visit https://bit.ly/WFS-LineProject.
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