This week, through next Tuesday, a contractor is delivering and installing eight pedestrian bridges – each between 40 and 60 feet long – for part of the Smith and Sanford Creek Greenway project. The town is advising there may be minor traffic delays at the Rogers Road/South Franklin Street and Forestville Road/Song Sparrow Avenue intersections.
Fred Smith Co., the contractor, will deliver the bridges on large tractor trailers. Deputies from the Wake County Sheriff’s Department will direct traffic at those two intersections when the bridges are traveling through them.
The Smith & Sanford Creek Greenway Project is a 2014 Wake Forest Bond Referendum initiative. The Smith & Sanford Creek Greenway consists of 2.4 miles of greenway trail and 1.25 miles of sidewalk and multi-use path in the vicinity of Heritage Elementary, Middle, and High Schools. As part of the Smith & Sanford Creek Greenway Project, a 10-ft.-wide, paved trail will be constructed from the existing southern end of the Smith Creek Greenway at the Soccer Center, south along Smith Creek to the intersection with Sanford Creek. There, the greenway will follow Sanford Creek along the Heritage High School property and end at the existing western edge of the Sanford Creek Greenway in the Heritage South neighborhood. The Town received a $3.4 million grant from federal Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ) to support this project.
The project is expected to be completed in late 2017. Neighbors are advised that during construction portions of adjoining sidewalks and greenways may be temporarily closed for the safety of pedestrians and work crews.
For more information about the Smith & Sanford Creek Greenway Project, visit www.wakeforestnc.gov/smith-sanford-creek-greenway-project.aspx or contact Assistant to the Town Manager Candace Davis at 919-435-9513 or cdavis@wakeforestnc.gov.
