NCDOT Asks for Your Help!

The State's Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is holding a series of listening sessions to develop its next step in their strategic planning process. The listening sessions will include DOT planning partners, stakeholders, and the public. It is important that they hear from you on which transportation issues in the area concern you most.

During these sessions, you will find out more about their prioritization process and accomplishments, and to learn more about alternate transportation plans for our area.

The sessions will begin tomorrow morning at the RDU Airport Authority, located at 1000 Trade Drive at 9am.

There will also be a few more sessions throughout the week, located in other areas of the state.

Eastgate Park

Please join Raleigh Parks and Recreation for a Playground Design Day at Eastgate Neighborhood Center on Saturday, November 6 from 10:00-noon. We would love to have input from parents, as well as children, as we renovate Eastgate Playground.

For more information, please contact Wayne Schindler at 996-4844.

This Saturday, October 30, the City will host an all-day public workshop to discuss the future of Capital Boulevard. Capital Boulevard is one of the main veins of Raleigh and it sets an important stage for other thoroughfares of the city.

During the workshop, folks will be organized into small groups and each group will focus on a different topic. The topics will include transportation, water, land use and urban design. This workshop will give everyone a chance to work together to conceptualize the possibilities for the future of Capital Boulevard.

The meeting will take place at The Stockroom at 230, in the historic former Carolina Trust Bank Building, at 230 Fayetteveille Street from 9:00-5:00. If you plan to attend, you can register here, or you can arrive a little early on Saturday. Also, more information on the complete project is available here.

City to Collect Cooking Oil and Grease

Beginning November 1, the City will begin collecting your cooking oil and grease along with the rest of your trash and recycling. All you need to do is place your discarded oil in a sealable, non-glass container and put it out with your other trash and recycling. The goal of this project is to keep grease out of our sewer system and convert it to biofuels instead!

The program will run through January 15. Last year, during the same dates, we were able to collect more than 825 gallons of grease!

Public Meeting for Landscape Improvements

This week, the City is hosting a public meeting for proposed improvements to Newton Road. The meeting will take place at the Marsh Creek Community Center on Tuesday, October 26, from 5:00-7:00. Representatives from the City, as well as design consultants will be available to answer any and all questions and thoroughly discuss the proposed changes. Along with Newton Road, upcoming changes to Sunnybrook Road and Rogers Lane will also be discussed.

The following night, Wednesday the 27th, a similar meeting will take place at Carolina Pines Community Center. Wednesday, the proposed landscaping improvements of Tryon Road and Edwards Mill Extension will be discussed.

Both meetings will have an open house format, and more information is available by calling 996-3030.