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For tens of thousands of people who walk across Trinity Road in West Raleigh when the Wolfpack is playing football or the N.C. State Fair is in session, maybe it's time to build a tunnel.

NCDOT will air the idea and seek public comment at a public information session Monday.  It takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Murphy Football Center at Carter-Finley Stadium. Details are attached below.

During busy times at the State Fair in October, a few thousand pedestrians walk across Trinity Road in a single hour.  After the UNC-NCSU football game last November, there were 4,000 in 30 minutes.

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DOT says it has awarded a $604,000 contract to build the 1.3-mile Edwards Mill Road Greenway in West Raleigh, from the Reedy Creek Road Greenway to Trinity Road.

State Contracting of Wake Forest won the contract, to start work as soon as Feb. 28 with completion in mid-October.

The new trail on the east side of Edwards Mill Road will extend Raleigh's greenway network, adding a connection to the Loblolly Trail through Schenk Forest. It also will give pedestrians and cyclists a new route to the RBC Center.  The city of Raleigh will contribute $28,000 to the project and take over maintenance of the greenway after it is built.