The Concept Plan recommends links to the anticipated Carolina North improvements which will build a continuous multiuse trail for bike and pedestrian use from Umstead Drive to Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (linking to the UNC Chapel Hill Campus to Campus Connector). This Concept Plan recommends that the links to those facilities join a recommended off-road bike path from Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to Caswell Road east of Estes Hills Elementary School. The path could then connect to on-road bike lanes on Clayton Road that would connect to Elliott Road, either via Curtis Road or a path through school property (shown in Figure 5.1). The on-road bike lanes on Elliott Road would connect to Franklin Street (Figure 5.1 and Figure 5.6). The right of way in this segment of Estes Drive will include the 12’ multi-use trail on one side of the street and a 5’ sidewalk on the other, with a landscaped buffer to separate pedestrian space from vehicular travel lanes. Additionally, 5’ bike lanes along Estes Drive offer a route for through-travelers that avoids conflicts with slower-moving bicycles and pedestrians on the multi-use trail.
