Plans
Cape Fear Moving Forward 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan
Project: Cape Fear Moving Forward 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan | Year: 2020 |
This plan is a metropolitan transportation plan (MTP), which is a document required by FHWA to guide regional transportation priorities and actions. Cape Fear Moving Forward 2045 will be used to program local projects in the metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). This plan has a 25-year horizon and is intended to present a fiscally-constrained evaluation of projects and strategies that promote mobility and access for people and goods within the WMPO boundary. Cape Fear Moving Forward 2045 was developed with extensive public input and includes an evaluation of potential aviation, bicycle and pedestrian, ferry and water transportation, freight and freight rail, public transportation, and roadway projects to meet the needs of the region. |
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Project Files: Cape Fear Moving Forward 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Cape Fear Moving Forward 2045 Technical Appendices |
Carolina Beach Pedestrian Plan
Project: Carolina Beach Pedestrian Plan | Year: 2019 |
This Plan is intended to provide a framework for identifying pedestrian needs, both in terms of physical infrastructure and encouragement programs for the Town of Carolina Beach. The vision for this pedestrian master plan is to enhance the livability of Carolina Beach by creating an appealing, walkable environment for both residents and visitors. |
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Project Files: Carolina Beach Pedestrian Plan |
Congestion Management Process (CMP)
Project: Congestion Management Process (CMP) | Year: 2018 |
This document details the WMPO’s congestion management process (CMP). The document describes the network the WMPO reviews for congestion, how congestion data is collected, how congestion data is evaluated, and what strategies are used by the WMPO to address congestion. Strategies within this document are aimed at reducing congestion while enhancing safety and multimodal mobility throughout the region. The WMPO is required to continually conduct a CMP by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The WMPO provides a Biennial Data Report every two years to demonstrate how the regional network is performing according to the performance measures established in the CMP. Staff recently completed the draft 2020 report, which is included in the project files listed below. The 2020 Biennial Data Report is scheduled to be adopted by the WMPO Board in January 2021. |
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Project Files: Congestion Management Process - FY 14 - Initial Process 2018 Biennial Data Report 2018 Biennial Data Report Appendices 2020 Biennial Data Report - Draft 2020 Biennial Data Report Appendix - Draft |
Wilmington Traffic Separation Study
Project: Wilmington Traffic Separation Study | Year: 2017 |
In a joint effort with the City of Wilmington, CSX, and the Wilmington MPO, NCDOT has completed the Wilmington Traffic Separation Study (TSS), focusing on 26 existing at-grade roadway-railroad crossings along a 6-mile span of the CSXT rail line. NCDOT uses a TSS to systematically review crossing safety. Traffic Separation Studies comprehensively evaluate traffic patterns and road usage for an entire municipality or region, determining the need for improving and/or eliminating public grade crossings. |
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Project Files: Wilmington Traffic Separation Study |
Wilmington Rail Relocation Feasibility Study
Project: Wilmington Rail Relocation Feasibility Study | Year: 2017 |
The City of Wilmington, the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, and the NC Department of Transportation directed that a study be performed to investigate the feasibility of realigning the existing CSXT railroad line that traverses in a “V” shape through the City. Moving this line will provide a new location for rail access to the Port, and offer the potential of repurposing the existing CSXT railroad corridor for transit use. |
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Project Files: Wilmington Rail Relocation Feasibility Study |
US 17 Business (Market St) Corridor Study
Project: US 17 Business (Market St) Corridor Study | Year: 2016/2007 |
This study evaluates alternative cross-sections for the US 17 Business (Market Street) corridor from Covil Avenue to 3rd Street in the City of Wilmington. In 2016 a study was completed to re-evaluate affected intersections to guide the decision-making process toward action. |
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Project Files: US 17 Business (Market St) Corridor Study Update (2016) US 17 Business (Market St) Corridor Study (2007) |
Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP)
Project: Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) | Year: 2016 |
The Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) is North Carolina’s multi-modal transportation plan. The CTP represents a community’s consensus on the future transportation system (including the existing system and improvements) needed to support anticipated growth and development over a 25-30 year timeframe. When a CTP is adopted by NCDOT, it represents the state’s concurrence with the identified transportation needs and proposed recommendations. |
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Project Files: CTP |
Pender County Collector Street Plan
Project: Pender County Collector Street Plan | Year: 2016 |
This plan provides an updated, comprehensive guide for southern Pender County’s Collector Street network. The plan includes recommended policies and infrastructure that encourages multi-modal transportation, promote safety, mitigates environmental impact, and improves connectivity for the existing and future residents, businesses, and visitors. |
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Project Files: Pender County Collector Street Plan |
Leland Pedestrian Plan
Project: Leland Pedestrian Plan | Year: 2016 |
This is the first pedestrian plan for the Town of Leland. The plan will be used to identify and prioritize pedestrian and greenway projects in Leland. It will also help enhance the pedestrian environment by guiding community programs, getting projects into the state STIP, improving eligibility for other funding, and connecting a pedestrian network. |
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Project Files: Leland Ped Plan |
Work Cape Fear: Expanding Commuter Options in the Cape Fear Region
Project: Work Cape Fear: Expanding Commuter Options in the Cape Fear Region | Year: 2015 |
This plan explores an array of Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies that could provide current and potential employees a variety of attractive transportation options. |
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Project Files: Work Cape Fear: Expanding Commuter Options in the Cape Fear Region |
Town of Wrightsville Beach Community Transportation Plan
Project: Town of Wrightsville Beach Community Transportation Plan | Year: 2013 |
This plan examines and addresses comprehensive transportation issues in the Town of Wrightsville Beach to include traffic congestion, safety, pedestrian and bicycle circulation, and parking issues. |
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Project Files: Town of Wrightsville Beach Community Transportation Plan |
Connecting Northern Brunswick County Collector Street Plan
Project: Connecting Northern Brunswick County Collector Street Plan | Year: 2013 |
This plan aims to increase connectivity in northern Brunswick County through improving the collector street network for the Towns of Leland and Navassa. |
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Project Files: Connecting Northern Brunswick County Collector Street Plan |
River to Sea Bikeway Master Plan
Project: River to Sea Bikeway Master Plan | Year: 2013 |
This is an 11-mile on-and-off-road bicycle route that follows the Historic Beach Car Line.The bikeway is comprised of neighborhood residential streets, off-road multi-use paths and a few arterial roadways. It provides bicycle and pedestrian access to numerous recreational, cultural, and educational destinations in Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach. |
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Project Files: River To Sea Bikeway Master Plan |
Wilmington-New Hanover County Comprehensive Greenway Plan
Project: Wilmington-New Hanover County Comprehensive Greenway Plan | Year: 2013 |
This plan provides a framework for the establishment of a comprehensive network of greenways in the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County to enhance opportunities for multi-modal transportation and recreation to include plans for walking, bicycling, canoeing and kayaking. |
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Project Files: Plan Maps Final Draft Appendix |
US 17/ NC 210 Corridor Study
Project: US 17/ NC 210 Corridor Study | Year: 2012 |
This study was commissioned to identify near-term strategies to address safety and mobility deficiencies on US 17 and NC 210 in Hampstead. The plan provides recommendations that include access management strategies, design elements, traffic enforcement, and collector street recommendations. |
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Project Files: US 17/ NC 210 Corridor Study |
Cross-City Trail Master Plan
Project: Cross-City Trail Master Plan | Year: 2012 |
In 2008, the Wilmington City Council adopted the Cross-City Trail alignment. Tentative plans for the Cross-City Trail arose from the passage of the Parks and Greenspace Bond, of which $1 million was allocated for a bike-hike greenway system, and expanded through private and public partnerships and through connections to existing or funded off-road trails. The trail is anticipated to be fully constructed by the end of 2016.
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Project Files: Cross-City Trail Master Plan |
Eastwood Road Preferred Access Map
Project: Eastwood Road Preferred Access Map | Year: 2011 |
This preferred access plan illustrated preferred access management initiatives for the Eastwood Road corridor. |
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Project Files: Eastwood Road Preferred Access Map |
Market Street Corridor Study
Project: Market Street Corridor Study | Year: 2011 |
This corridor plan integrates transportation and land use planning in an effort to improve safety and mobility along the Market Street corridor from Colonial Drive to the Pender County line. The plan provides recommendations for access management, inter-connectivity, improved development standards, future collector streets and conceptual designs. |
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Project Files: Market Street Corridor Study |
Carolina Beach Bicycle Multi-Use Transportation Plan
Project: Carolina Beach Bicycle Multi-Use Transportation Plan | Year: 2011 |
This plan creates a vision and framework for Carolina Beach to become a more bicycle and multi‐use path friendly environment that provides inter-connectivity to the various town destinations. |
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Project Files: Carolina Beach Bicycle Multi-Use Plan |
Transit Needs Study for the Wilmington Multi-Modal Transportation Center
Project: Transit Needs Study for the Wilmington Multi-Modal Transportation Center | Year: 2009 |
This study represents the latest stage in the development of the Wilmington Multi-Modal Transportation Center, including the site’s functional layout and specific land requirements. |
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Project Files: Transit Needs Study for the Wilmington Multi-Modal Transportation Center |
Corridor Study Dow Road Carolina Beach, NC
Project: Corridor Study Dow Road Carolina Beach, NC | Year: 2009 |
This study evaluates alternative scenarios for Dow Road from its northern terminus at US 421 (Lake Park Boulevard) to K Avenue in Kure Beach and the feasibility and impacts of extending Dow Road from K Avenue south to Fort Fisher. |
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Project Files: Corridor Study Dow Road Carolina Beach, NC |
Pelican Drive/Salisbury Street Bicycle Plan for the Town of Wrightsville Beach
Project: Pelican Drive/Salisbury Street Bicycle Plan for the Town of Wrightsville Beach | Year: 2009 |
This study examines different alternatives for on-road and off-road bicycle facilities along the Pelican Drive and Salisbury Street corridor in the Town of Wrightsville Beach. |
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Project Files: Plan Recommended Designs |
Walk Wilmington: A Comprehensive Pedestrian Plan 2009
Project: Walk Wilmington: A Comprehensive Pedestrian Plan 2009 | Year: 2009 |
In 2007, the City of Wilmington received a grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation to develop a comprehensive pedestrian plan. The final plan was adopted by Wilmington City Council on August 4, 2009. With this plan, the City of Wilmington and NCDOT hope to meet the demands for safer and more extensive pedestrian facilities, including greenways, sidewalks, and crosswalks. The comprehensive pedestrian plan will guide local, regional and state efforts to improve conditions for walking in the City of Wilmington and increase our reputation as one of the premier tourism and recreation destinations in the southeast. |
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Project Files: Executive Summary Full Plan Appendices |
Cape Fear Historic Byway Corridor Management Plan
Project: Cape Fear Historic Byway Corridor Management Plan | Year: 2008 |
This plan strives to preserve the historical integrity, reveal the natural character, convey the social diversity, celebrate the varied attractions, and enhance the many modes of transportation of Cape Fear Historic Byway, the first entirely urban scenic byway in the state of North Carolina. |
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Project Files: Cape Fear Historic Byway Corridor Management Plan |
Comprehensive Bicycle Plan for Leland
Project: Comprehensive Bicycle Plan for Leland | Year: 2008 |
The Comprehensive Bicycle Plan for Leland was adopted in 2008. This Plan provides the Town with a planning tool, which will assist in the expansion, promotion, and funding of safe and efficient bicycle facilities and programs and initiatives throughout Leland. |
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Project Files: Leland Bike Plan Final |
River Road Small Area Plan
Project: River Road Small Area Plan | Year: 2007 |
This plan was developed to identify the future transportation improvements required for the fast-growing area of southern New Hanover County bounded by Independence Boulevard, Carolina Beach Road, Sanders Road and the Cape Fear River. |
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Project Files: River Road Plan |
Dawson & Wooster Corridor Plan
Project: Dawson & Wooster Corridor Plan | Year: 2007 |
This plan evaluates measures to improve safety in the short-term for the Dawson Street and Wooster Street study area in the City of Wilmington, particularly South 6th Street at Wooster Street, and identifies opportunities and constraints in an effort to define a long-range future vision for the roadway couplet. |
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Project Files: Dawson & Wooster Corridor Plan |
US 17/NC 133 Collector Street Plan
Project: US 17/NC 133 Collector Street Plan | Year: 2007 |
The purpose of this plan is to inventory the existing collector street network and develop standards and policies that will promote future connectivity and accommodations for automobiles, transit, pedestrians, and bicycles as collector streets are constructed within the area bounded by US Highway 17, NC 133 and Town Creek in Brunswick County. |
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Project Files: US 17/NC 133 Collector Street Plan |
Wilmington Multi-Modal Transportation Center Site Evaluation Report
Project: Wilmington Multi-Modal Transportation Center Site Evaluation Report | Year: 2005 |
This study examines potential sites for a multi-modal transportation center in the Wilmington region. This center would potantially support intracity buses, intercity buses, passenger rail, taxi services and other transportation modes. |
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Project Files: Wilmington Multi-Modal Transportation Center Site Evaluation Report |
Wilmington Multi-Modal Transportation Center Feasibility Study
Project: Wilmington Multi-Modal Transportation Center Feasibility Study | Year: 2000 |
This study identifies the need for a multi-modal transportation center in the Wilmington Urban Area. The study further identifies the best area for the facility and assesses the feasibility of construction. |
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Project Files: Wilmington Multi-Modal Transportation Center Feasibility Study |