Major Initiatives
Northern Wake Senior Center
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he Town maintains a five-year capital improvement plan which serves as its planning document to ensure that its facilities, equipment and infrastructure are well maintained. This process provides the ability to plan for capital needs and allocate short and long term resources appropriately. The plan also serves as the basis for determining future debt issuance. The following projects have been completed over the past year or are currently in progress.
Renovations to the Northern Wake Senior Center were completed, however the re-opening originally scheduled for March 2020 was delayed due to COVID-19. The $3.1 million construction project consisted of adding almost 9,000 square feet, interior renovations to most of the existing center and a complete redecoration. Located at 235 E. Holding Ave., the senior center offers adults age 55 and older a full schedule of recreational activities, such as aerobics, line dancing, ballroom dancing, wood carving, painting, and craft making. The center also provides several social events each month, as well as educational classes on subjects including computers and ceramics.
Projects indicated with this logo were financed through general obligation bonds that were approved by Wake Forest voters in November 2014.
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Stadium Drive
Downtown Improvements
Completed in 2020, the Stadium Drive Complete Street project is designed to improve vehicle and pedestrian safety, as well as traffic flow. New features include sidewalks, crosswalks, accessible bus stops and left turn lanes.
Phase 3 consists of street and landscape improvements along South White Street: East Holding Avenue to Elm Avenue and East Owen Avenue: South White Street to Brooks Street. Total cost of the project is approximately $5.7 million, and construction was completed in December 2019.
Underground Fiber Infrastructure Construction began in February 2020 on a high-speed fiber network that will interconnect 14 Town facilities and span 25 route miles. The $2.5 million project will support the Town’s public safety efforts and critical administrative activities. Construction is expected to be complete by spring 2021.
