The Wake Forest Reservoir next to the water treatment plant on the north side of Wait Avenue has always been a low-key, little-remarked recreation area. That is about to change with improvements the town is planning.
You can hear about those changes and offer your opinions on the first phase during a meeting Wednesday, July 29, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the ground floor meeting room at Wake Forest Town Hall. You can drop in any time during those hours. The easiest way to get to the room is from Taylor Street.
Town staff has drawn up plans for a paved driveway, parking spaces, connections to the greenway trails leading to Traditions Grande Boulevard and the pedestrian culvert under Wait Avenue (N.C. 98), repairs to the board ramp along with a new dock and a new bridge connecting to the soft trail that will circle the reservoir.
The City of Raleigh still holds title to the reservoir but the water/sewer merger agreement allows the town to use the property outside the water plant for recreation.
For more information about the Wake Forest Reservoir Improvements, contact Assistant Town Engineer Holly Miller at 919-435-9443 or hmiller@wakeforestnc.gov.
