TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam Lindsay, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, PE, CCM, CFM, Public Services Director
Brian McGill, PE, PTOE, Assistant Public Services Director - Traffic Services
DATE: November 24, 2025
RE:Title
Adopt Resolution supporting "No Parking" on Broadfoot Avenue to NCDOTTitle
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
District 5 - Lynne Greene
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal I: Safe & Secure Community
Objective 1.2: To ensure traffic and pedestrian safety.
Goal III: City investment in Today & Tomorrow
Objective 3.1: To enhance City street connectivity, traffic flow, and stormwater systems.
Executive Summary:
A resolution to NCDOT of support for the designation of "No Parking" on Broadfoot Avenue from Morganton Road to Raeford Road / Arsenal Avenue is recommended due to safety concerns.
In parallel efforts with the above, City Traffic Services staff are working with NCDOT to install parallel parking spaces on Broadfoot Avenue. The "No Parking" designations would not go into effect until the parking spaces are installed. "No Parking" would only be applicable to the roadway outside of parking spaces.
Background:
The City received and investigated complaints regarding vehicles parking along Broadfoot Avenue. City staff observed vehicles parked in a manner which violated ordinances, blocked traffic, and created hazards.
Vehicles were noted as parking on sidewalks and in travel lanes. This can cause pedestrians to walk into the road, force cars to drive into oncoming traffic, and potentially block emergency response vehicles from entering Broadfoot Avenue when entering from Morganton Road.
Broadfoot Avenue, from Morganton Road to Raeford Road / Arsenal Avenue is under the ownership of NCDOT.
To address concerns with parking on Broadfoot Avenue, the City has submitted an encroachment permit (E062-026-25-0096) to NCDOT, as well as a request for City Traffic Servi...
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