Fayetteville leaders must decide whether to change Fort Bragg street names
As Fort Bragg gets closer to officially becoming Fort Liberty, Fayetteville leaders must decide whether to change streets signs in the city limits with the name Fort Bragg on them.
Fayetteville leaders aren’t expected to decide whether to rename city streets with the name Bragg in them until after the military post officially changes its name to Fort Liberty on June 2.
"Now that they're making the changes on base and transitioning over to Fort Liberty, I'm sure, in the coming months, we'll have to have a conversation about what that means those connecting corridors,” Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin said.
If city leaders decide to change city-owned streets with the name Bragg, it would cost business owners and residents who live on those roads tons of money to update to their new mailing addresses among other expenses. It’s unclear how much the name changes would cost the city of Fayetteville.
"That's a part of the discussion and transition to see what federal resources are available to help people offset some of those expenses,” Colvin said. “And, the city wants to make sure we're knowledgeable about it and can get that information out and the resources to our community."
Colvin said before any change would take place, the city would hold a series of public hearings to discuss the issue.
Bragg Boulevard has hundreds of businesses along the road, while Fort Bragg Road is more of a residential area.
Part of Bragg Boulevard is also State Highway 24 and 87. The North Carolina Department of Transportation is going to be responsible for updating highway signs that point to Fort Liberty. It will cost the state about $500,000.
"We are going to have to get a new cost estimate and a more detailed plan about exactly which signs need to be replaced and how,” said NCDOT spokesperson Andrew Barksdale. “Not every sign needs to be replaced.
“Some could just be updated, just kind of put a new sticker on it [with] Liberty over Bragg. That's it."
Military leaders at Fort Bragg have until the end of the year to rename nine streets throughout the military post. Local municipalities are not required to make any name changes.
