The Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization will discontinue work on the Wilmington Collector Street Plan that began at the beginning of 2011.WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – The Wilmington Metropolitan Planning
Organization will discontinue work on the Wilmington Collector Street Plan that
began at the beginning of 2011.
According to officials, the plan included a steering
committee, stakeholder meetings and three rounds of public workshops.
During the workshops, WMPO people voiced they were against
the collector street plan's recommendation for interconnectivity.Collector streets are streets that people travel along to connect to other major streets to reduce congestion.
Several streets in Wilmington, like Wilshire Boulevard and New Centre Drive, have already been acting as collector streets.
Since the plan lacked community support for long-range
efforts, WMPO elected to stop working on the plan and will not recommend adoption
of the plan or map.
The WMPO said they received beneficial information from this
effort they hope to use in future planning efforts unrelated to the collector
street plan.
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