Construction should start in 2002, north of the city from Old Timber Road to the city limits. Prosperity Church Road will be an interchange on Interstate 485. City voters also will be considering Charlotte's second neighborhood improvement bond issue. Building sidewalks, and helping drainage problems with new curbs and gutters, can lead to more than those improvements, says Johnsie Beck, a volunteer in the campaigns. The properties look better.
People fix up their homes.
It can lift up the whole neighborhood. Eleanor Washington, another volunteer in the bond campaign, says sidewalks are important for safety. Those older neighborhoods were built before the city required developers to build curbs, gutters and sidewalks. The neighborhood improvements will take up to 2 years to complete.