TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Michael Gibson, Interim Assistant City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, Public Services Director
DATE: October 5, 2026
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Cross Creek Channel Improvements
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 1: Safe and Secure Community
Goal 3: High Quality Built Environment
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
An evaluation of 14 alternatives to improve the Cross Creek channel within and approaching downtown Fayetteville has identified two concepts with the potential to provide significant reductions in flooding and favorable cost-benefit ratios. Both concepts have been advanced to the 15% design level and are presented to City Council for review and consideration. Subject to City Council’s direction and favorable consideration, staff recommend advancing the two concepts to the 30% design level to further evaluate feasibility, refine project costs and benefits, and support future funding and implementation decisions.
Background:
Among the proposed solutions described in the Cross Creek Watershed Study Report of May 2025 was PS302, widening of the Cross Creek Channel from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freeway to Green Street. On August 4, 2025, City Council authorized further analysis of this alternative up to a level of 15% design. On August 22, 2025, a contract was executed with Hazen and Sawyer to review historical plans related to the stream corridor and prepare concepts for alternative channel configurations.
Issues/Analysis:
Two concepts have been identified for further investigation. Concept 7A includes replacement of the Green Street Bridge and enlargement of the Cross Creek channel between Ray Avenue and Green Street. Concept 9A includes replacement of the existing CSX branch line culvert north of Segra Stadium with a longer-span bridge.
For Concept 7A, additional analysis will be nee...
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