# @chapelboronews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DE8CwelPR_v
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- **Posted:** 2025-01-17T19:18:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chapelboro.com (@chapelboronews) — https://gondola.cc/chapelboronews

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The Carrboro Town Council had the first formal conversations this week about a potentially huge change for its downtown: changing East Weaver Street from being a two-way road to a pedestrian and bicycle only block.

The council members heard different ideas and elements to consider from town staff at Tuesday’s work session and shared their thoughts on what seems the most feasible and desirable for Carrboro. Most council members said they favor options that would create a pedestrian plaza with a dedicated bicycle lane, meant to improve ease of access for bicyclists while an area that sees ample foot traffic from visitors to the popular Weaver Street Market and nearby businesses.

While the work session was exploratory for the council and town staff on how to best approach this project, it highlighted how many elements of the community would be touched by this; pedestrian safety, transportation, stormwater control, the business community, and the possibility of a social district were all mentioned within the hour-long discussion. But many of the council members shared interests of how altering East Weaver Street could benefit those aspects and further Carrboro’s long-term planning goals.

“This has the opportunity to be a lab for us in thinking about how we’re reimaging our streets in a larger scale, longer term,” said Council Member Catherine Fray. “If we’re thinking about what we want transportation to look like in Carrboro 70 years from now, it’s not going to be as much pavement as it is [now.] We’re probably going to need an awful lot of stormwater features built in what’s currently right of way. We’re going to need a lot of established, safe bike infrastructure in what’s currently right of way.”

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