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NEW
1st Ave. Improvements -
Contractors
encountered some unmapped utilities that require
redesign of a part of the storm drainage system being
installed. Work has been delayed several weeks but
will resume soon.
The Town is seeking photos to use in its new website.
People, Places, Things, any picture that is
representative of Knightdale. If you have some
good pics to share with the community, please send in
digital format to
jeff.triezenberg@knightdalenc.gov. Your
participation is appreciated, and the new site should be
ready this spring.
NEW Spring Clean Up is here.
We've made a few changes,
find out when crews will be in
your neighborhood.
WANTED
- Your ideas for the name of Knightdale's new park.
Soon, ground will be broken on the 70 acre site off 1st
Avenue. Town Council wants to hear your ideas for
the name. To see the plans, click the links below
and be thinking about your ideas. The entry form
and details are
AVAILABLE HERE.
NEW
Pedestrian Planning Workshop ("Charette") -
Saturday, June 2nd from 10:00am until 2:00pm.
Chamber of Commerce building on Main Street. Light
refreshments provided. Find out first hand about
some of the challenges people who walk in Knightdale
face every day, or share some of your experiences and
have direct input into the Town's new Pedestrian Master
Plan. Call 919-217-2245 for more information.
Thank you! to everyone who has
participated in our
Walking/Pedestrian Survey. Responses may still
be submitted through the end of June. Print copies
continue to be available in the Town Hall Lobby
or the East Regional Library.
NEW BID OPPORTUNITY:
I-540 Interchange Landscaping Maintenance - The Town of
Knightdale is now
accepting
sealed proposals for the provision of landscaping
maintenance services until 2:00pm on Thursday, May
24,
2012. An optional
pre-bid meeting will be held at 10:00am on Thursday, May
10, 2012 in the SE Quadrant of the
I-540 interchange with Knightdale Boulevard. (Map)
(Addendum
001)
NEW WEBSITE COMING IN JUNE!
PARK PLANS
View the plans -Park and "Station".
The park will be built in phases. Phase I is
scheduled to include most of the grading, multi-purpose
fields, road network, utilities, destination playground
and walking/biking trails.
NEW
Check out the most recent
Quick Facts Data
Sheet. It is full of useful information about
Knightdale.
NEW
Wake
County Human Services has given tentative approval of CDBG funds
for the Smithfield Rd. sidewalk project submitted
earlier this year. It is an 80/20 grant match, and the
sidewalk will run from Knightdale Blvd. (@CVS) to Main St.
This project is part of the
2012 County Action Plan. Public comments on this
plan are being accepted until April 30th.
The carnival that was in Town through April 8th raised
$20,500 for Special Olympics. The Town wishes to
thanks all of those that came out and enjoyed the
festivities, Knightdale Public Safety and Officer Mark
Batey for putting the event together.
A street tree planting
project on McKnight Dr. has been completed behind Lowes
Home Improvement.A new traffic light has been installed on west bound
Knightdale Blvd. at the on ramp for 540 heading east.
You will notice that most of the time it is
FLASHING YELLOW.
 KDX
UPDATE EFFECTIVE 9/6/2011:
The Duke Raleigh Hospital Park & Ride in Legacy Oaks has
been relocated to the Wal-Mart parking lot along McKnight
Drive. Express Commuter Bus Service now runs M-F from stops on Village
Park Drive near Rex and McKnight Drive at Electric
Avenue along with the new Wal-Mart Park & Ride. (Route
map and
Schedule).
Check out
KNIGHTDALE'S WEEKLY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER for
the latest happenings
5-11-12 edition
Get crime reports in your email.
Go to
www.spotcrime.com
MINGO CREEK GREENWAY
- This project is in design.
View
the Route Here.
Project Update:
Check out the status of current Town of
Knightdale
construction projects here.
COUNCIL VISION: S.T.A.G.E.
Safe, Transparent, Active, Green, Engaged. Each
Department develops an annual plan with performance
measures designed to deliver Town services in accordance
with the Council's vision.
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