Residents: Release funds for Peace Street upgrade

Raleigh has $1.3 million set aside for an overhaul to Peace Street from St. Mary's to West Street.
Posted 2/2/2013, 12:03:00 AM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:49:30 PM

>>> IT'S A BUSY STREET

INTOWNTOWN AND NOW A LOT OF

PEOPLE SAY IT'S DUE FOR AN

OVERALL.

>> BRIAN REPORTS THERE'S MORE

OF A PUSH FOR CITY LEADERS TO

FIX IT UP.

>> BUSY BUSTLING PEA STREET,

ADD UTILITY POLLS AND CONFUSING

INTERCHANGES, AND NEW HIGH

SCHOOL AND YOU GET LOTS OF

PEDESTRIANS AND CARS.

AND OPINIONS.

>> IT GETS BUSY.

IT'S ONLY TWO LANES.

SO IT GETS PRETTY CONGESTED.

>> MASS CONFUSION, TOE ETALLY

UNWALKBLE.

DANGEROUS.

>> Reporter: FIVE YEARS AGO THE

CITY SET ASIDE $13 MILLION FOR

A STREET SCAPING PROJECT ALONG

PEACE.

BUT THE RECESSION FORCED THE

CITY TO SAVE THAT MONEY.

>> WHAT THE DOWNTOWN LIVING

ADVOCATES ARE HOPING FOR IS

THAT DURING THIS BUDGET CYCLE,

CITY COUNCIL CAN RETHERE'S

MONEY AND BEGIN WORK ON --

RELEASE THAT MONEY AND BEGIN

WORK.

>> IT WOULD PAY FOR NEW WIDER

SIDEWALKS AND NEW TREES.

ENTREES THE CONGESTION PROBLEM.

BUT PEOPLE ON THE STREET SAY

IT'S A START.

>> PEOPLE KEEP MOVING MOVING IN

THIS WAY.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY THE

PROJECT WOULD AT LEAST MAKES

THE GAITWAY -- GET AWAY A

LITTLE EASIER.

>> IT'S A HEARING WHERE YOU CAN

SHARE YOUR IDEAS ABOUT WHAT

SHOULD BE ON THE BUDGET.

BY THE WAY, COUNTY MUST ADOPT A

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