The proposed J Branch greenway trail would be approximately 11 miles long and built on a train line that still actively delivers coal to UNC’s Cogeneration Facility on Cameron Avenue. While the support for this trail is high, the line cannot be fully converted to a trail until UNC stops burning coal, and the timeline for that is unknown.
Read MoreLast month, the Chapel Hill Town Council agreed to participate in planning the Co-Gen Rail Transformation Project alongside Orange County and Carrboro. This project aims to convert a 10-mile rail line into a multimodal greenway that would bring economic and environmental benefits. Still, it is currently limited by UNC’s reliance on the coal the rail line provides.
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