Key Insights for Corridor Design - Review of Summer 2025 Engagement

 

  • Curbspace
    • Survey responses show that most people are comfortable with up to about half of the curb space being affected along the corridor. Today, only a small portion of the curb—roughly 9% to 20%—is used for vehicle parking. The proposed design keeps about 50% of existing curb uses, which closely matches what the community said they prefer. This means the west side of Quail Hollow Drive can continue to meet parking needs, while the east side can be used for safer walking and biking improvements.

 

  • Green Stormwater Infrastructure
    • 59% of respondents want a combination of Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) types, including permeable pavement and bioretention cells. Four locations for either bioretention cells or permeable pavement have been identified along the Quail Hollow Drive corridor. See the locations below called out as GSI 1, GSI 3, GSI 5, and GSI 6:

 

Active mobility improvements to Quail Hollow Drive will look like the image below, once implemented in Summer 2026: 

 

 

Residents were asked how implementation of the Quail Hollow Green Street project would change how they travel along the corridor:

 

 

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Project Identification

Quail Hollow Drive was identified in the Midtown-St. Albans Area Plan as one of four Green Street projects. Green streets are designed to accomplish the following:

  • Taming vehicle speeds on wide streets with potentially growing traffic volumes. 
  • Providing safer, more comfortable places for people to walk or bike.
  • Retaining and cleaning stormwater runoff before it goes places where it can cause flooding or negatively impact water quality.
  • Greening and beautifying area streets. 

The Midtown-St. Albans Area Plan was approved by City Council in December 2020. A robust public engagement process, including 10 public meetings with 600 participants, informed visioning and recommendations of the plan. The Midtown-St. Albans Area Plan identified 7 "Big Moves" as action items coming out of the report. The Quail Hollow project aligns with 4 of the 7 identified Big Moves (page 15, Walkable Midtown Plan).

One of the top issues identified was the need to make Midtown safer and more comfortable for people walking or riding a bicycle.

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Preliminary Design (Summer 2025)

Transportation and Stormwater staff have conducted a feasibility analysis of the corridor as it relates to active mobility infrastructure and green stormwater infrastructure. 

Due to existing street characteristics, a two-way cycle track was proposed on the east side of Quail Hollow Drive between Hardimont Road and Millbrook Road.

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Advanced Design Review (Winter 2026)

All comments from the Preliminary Design phase have been incorporated, when possible, while maintaining best practices to ensure that an all ages and abilities active mobility connection is built. The Advanced Design also allows space for green stormwater infrastructure to be built during a future project phase.

Please review the proposed design and contact staff if you have any questions. 

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Construction Notice (Spring - Summer 2026)

A notice of the construction timeline and project impacts will be sent to residents of the street and its surrounding neighborhood (within 2 blocks of the project street).