The City of Greenville is pleased to provide the public with updated information for the City’s Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Project. In July 2019, the City of Greenville applied for a BUILD Grant administered by the US Department of Transportation and was notified of award in November 2019.

The BUILD Project is comprised of four greenway and sidewalk projects and three streetscape projects. For project updates, see the heading below. Information on the individual projects and a map are further down the page.

Project Updates

April 2023 — City Council Approves Nearly $42 million for BUILD contracts

To watch a video presentation with information about the BUILD projects, please see the video below. The detailed designs can be viewed by visiting the Streetscape Improvements and Greenway and Sidewalk Improvements pages.

Project Map

Purpose of the BUILD Project

The purpose of the BUILD Project is to transform safety, accessibility, and connectivity in Greenville’s urban core. The BUILD Project will provide or enhance pedestrian, bicycle, vehicle, and transit connections between the Medical District, West Greenville, downtown, and East Carolina University. The City of Greenville intends for the BUILD Project to support its efforts to improve safety, economic opportunity, and quality of life for residents and workers in and around the heart of Greenville.

Anticipated Project Schedule

Planning and environmental studies for the project began in the summer of 2020. An informational newsletter and survey were sent to residents and businesses near the project corridors in September 2020 to provide general information about the projects and gather input on the preliminary designs. A summary of the survey responses can be seen here.

The design teams also began preliminary designs in August which were presented to the public at the November 18 virtual public meeting. Right-of-way designs were started in October 2020 and will be shown at the second public meeting on April 29, 2021. These preliminary plans are also available for your review via the Streetscape Projects and Greenway and Sidewalk Projects pages, and on hard copies available at the locations listed above.

Following the public meeting and comment period, public comments will be compiled and reviewed. Plans will be finalized following this second public meeting and construction is anticipated to begin in spring 2022. 

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. However, all pre-construction tasks must be completed by August 2021 to meet the requirements of the BUILD Grant and receive funding. Note that individual project schedules vary.

Notification of Field Work to be Conducted

As part of the design process, surveyors, environmental scientists, and engineers may be present on private properties adjacent to the project corridors in order to identify and collect information important to the completion of the BUILD Project. If you live on or are adjacent to one of the project corridors (except A or C), you should have received a newsletter notification in the mail in September 2020, indicating that this field work would soon be conducted. Note that all individuals entering your property are instructed to protect all property with which they come in contact and to cooperate fully with all property owners to prevent any incidental damage to trees, shrubs, etc. These representatives will be wearing highly reflective safety vests and may be hanging various colors of flagging, or ribbons, on trees and shrubs or on the ground to identify the limits of features such as streams, wetlands, and utilities, if present, on the property. This flagging does not indicate the location of a proposed transportation project, but it is very important in our design process.  Please do not disturb this flagging.

Environmental Documentation

In order to comply with the requirements of the BUILD Grant federal funding, the City of Greenville will analyze the individual projects’ anticipated impacts to natural resources such as streams, wetlands, threatened and endangered species, and anticipated impacts to community resources such as historic districts and buildings, parks, and low-income and minority populations. The findings of these analyses will be compiled in federal Categorical Exclusion (CE) documents compliant with Federal Highway Administration guidelines and National Environmental Policy (NEPA) Act regulations. For Project A, the South Tar River Greenway Phase 3B, the CE completed in November 2013 as part of the NCDOT STIP Project EB-5539 will be updated.

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