Map 1: Existing Pedestrian Facilities RECOMMENDATIONS
Existing Conditions
APEX
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Zoomed in maps including recommendations can be found in Appendix D.
The downtowns of both Fuquay and Varina boast shopping, dining, and entertainment amenities catering to both residents and visitors from around the Triangle and beyond. Highway 401 becomes Main Street within the town limits, and the recently completed Judd Parkway forms a ring road around the downtown area, separating the town’s more naturally walkable areas from the more suburban landscape outside of the parkway. Most of the schools serving the town lie outside of the downtown core and are not as easily accessible via walking. Furthermore, a multitude of residential subdivisions lie outside of Judd Parkway, and are disconnected from the overall pedestrian network.
Table 2 highlights Fuquay-Varina’s 0.6% walk to work rate (ACS 2015-2019). The margin of error is typically +/- 0.5-1.0%. Therefore, it can be helpful to also look at the walk rates for Fuquay- Varina from the past five ACS data periods below. Table 2: Recent Walk to Work Rates in Fuquay-Varina
CARY
GARNER
HOLLY SPRINGS
Wake Tech
Hilltop Needmore Town Park & Preserve
Fuquay-Varina walk to work rates
Banks Road Elementary School
Recent 5-year ACS data collection periods
Ballentine Elementary School
Herbert Akins Road Elementary & Middle Schools
ACS 2015-2019 ACS 2014-2018 ACS 2013-2017 ACS 2012-2016
0.6% 0.2% 0.4% 1.0% 1.2%
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£ 401
Southern Wake Academy
Fuquay-Varina Elementary School
Fuquay- Varina HS
Willow Springs Elementary School
ACS 2011-2015
South Lakes Elementary School
In the ACS 2015-2019 data collection period, 25% of residents also worked in Fuquay-Varina, and 10% of residents worked from home. This leaves 15% of residents that travel within town for work - while a small percentage of these work trips are walked, the percentage could be much higher with continued improvements to the pedestrian environment.
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Honeycutt Road Park
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Fleming Loop Recreational Park
Willow Spring High School
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South Park
Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Park
£ 401
Existing data as of November, 2021
ANGIER
0
0.5
1MILES
EXISTING FACILITIES
FEATURES AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL
EXISTING GREENWAY EXISTING SIDEPATH EXISTING SIDEWALK
PARK
STREAM/RIVER
PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SIGNAL HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALK
RAILROAD
FUQUAY-VARINA JURISDICTION
TWO-BAR CROSSWAK ARTISTIC CROSSWALK
Left: Artistic crosswalk recently completed near the fire station.
OTHER MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY
COUNTY BOUNDARY
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CHAPTER 2: EXISTING CONDITIONS
FUQUAY-VARINA PEDESTRIAN PLAN
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