Sustainable Public Rights of Way

The Sustainable Public Rights of Way Subcommittee provides support and technical advice to NCTCOG's Public Works Council on sustainability issues associated with public works infrastructure. The Subcommittee's activities are reported regularly to the Public Works Council. View SPROW committee information.

The goals of the program are to compile best practices for sustainable public rights of way, review real examples of best practices within the region and hold workshop(s) in order to educate on and discuss best practices for sustainable public rights of way.

The goals of Sustainable Public Rights-of-Way are to improve infrastructure within public rights of way including but not limited to:

• To promote multi-modal forms of transportation
• Improve air and water quality
• Provide walkable communities
• Provide safer and healthier neighborhoods and improve quality of life
• Improve infrastructure life cycle and performance
• Streamline construction
• Ensure regulatory compliance
• Promote economic development
• Promote integration of rights of way and surrounding land use
• Promote context-sensitive design
• Balance environmental, scenic, aesthetic, cultural and natural resources, as well as community and transportation needs.

The Roadmap to a Sustainable Public Right of Way is a document intended to be a resource to both public officials and private developers to improve the sustainability of their projects constructed within the public rights-of-way.

View Roadmap to a Sustainable Public Right of Way

For additional information, please contact Kate Zielke.