Greene Street reopens as two-way road in downtown Greensboro
Greene Street will flip to two-way at 6 a.m. Monday, changing parking-deck exits and downtown access after two years of construction.
Downtown Greensboro businesses, commuters and Greene Street Parking Deck users will get a new traffic pattern at 6 a.m. Monday, June 30, when Greene Street reopens as a two-way road after about two years of construction. The change runs from Bellemeade Street to West Washington Street and is meant to improve access and connectivity for people moving through the center city.
The redesign is intended to make downtown easier to navigate for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians as the district adds more housing, retail, offices and visitor activity. The corridor work also includes upgraded traffic signals, ADA features such as audible pedestrian signals, and leading pedestrian intervals that give walkers a head start before vehicles get a green light.
The street’s new setup will be more visible for people using the Greene Street Parking Deck. Beginning June 29, the left exit lane will be for left turns only, while the right exit lane will allow both left and right turns. Customers paying with cash will have to use the left exit lane.
The project area includes 21 decorative stamped crosswalks, along with sidewalk bulbouts, new sidewalk, curb and gutter, tree wells and other roadway improvements. The plan calls for a two-way pattern with two southbound lanes and one northbound lane, backed by traffic-signal modifications and parking-deck changes.
The work is part of Greensboro’s larger downtown streetscape effort, adopted in December 2018 and funded with voter-approved bond money for community and economic development. The master plan calls for a more pedestrian-friendly downtown through sidewalks, landscaping, lighting, bicycle facilities and signs that connect the core more effectively. The Greene Street project had a public meeting in January 2019, after earlier milestones that included a December 2017 kickoff, January 2018 field investigation, a February 2018 visioning charrette and community forums in March and June of that year.
Former Mayor Keith Holliday pushed for a fix in 2007, and Councilmember Zack Matheny worked on the issue as well.
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