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Community Profile
The Newport News Bicycle and Pedestrian
Plan calls for a continuous shared use paths to
be installed along Harpersville Road between
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Jefferson Avenue and Warwick Boulevard.
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Existing sidewalks could be widened to 8 feet,
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or the street could be reconfigured with 5-foot
sidewalks and bike lanes. There is an existing
crosswalk near the Gatewood-Harpersville Road
intersection but appropriate ADA connections
are lacking.
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Neighborhood
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Sector 2
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There is a mixture of community facility, residential,
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and commercial uses along Harpersville Road,
which has a limited right-of-way width and no
sidewalks for most of the street. While the posted
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to back out onto the roadway. It is important to
establish good pedestrian connectivity between
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pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure needs to
be incorporated into any future widening of commercial structures, franchise establishments,
Harpersville Road. modern and colonial style multiple-family
housing units, and a rustic-style restaurant.
SECTOR 2
Issues
Description The visual character of the Warwick Boulevard
Sector 2 includes the neighborhoods of Dutch corridor is negatively impacted by the large
Village and Camp Morrison (Hilton Commons) expanses of pavement and several vacant
properties east of Warwick Boulevard to the CSX buildings and inactive storefronts..
railroad and Hunter Road. This sector contains
multiple-family developments, large strip
commercial areas with a variety of retail uses, several
churches, several vacant office buildings and the
historic 110-acre Camp Morrison property, which
is identified for mixed-use development.
Roughly 70% of the sector area is covered
with impervious surfaces, which include several
unused parking lots. The majority of vegetation
lies within the Camp Morrison property adjacent
to the CSX railroad. The area’s buildings consist
of a very eclectic mix of brick, stone or stucco Vacant bank building and unutilized paved parking
areas facing Warwick Boulevard
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