Town of Chapel Hill, NC

Capital Projects

The Town of Chapel Hill owns and maintains an extensive parks system, trails system, greenways, recreational facilities, and open spaces.

On the pages below, you can find information about many of the Town's projects intended to improve or expand park and trail facilities for our residents and visitors.

If you have any questions about these, or other projects, please contact Senior Planner Marcia Purvis at 919-968-2750.

• Update on Parks and Recreation Expenditures FY 23 and FY24

• Skate Park Rennovation
• Inclusive Playground Project
• Climbing Wall Rennovation
• Tennis & Pickleball Courts Renovation
• Morgan Creek Greenway West Expansion
• Morgan Creek Greenway East Expansion
• Fordham Blvd. Sidepath

Parks & Recreation Comprehensive Master Plan

Shaping spaces, enriching lives... together we grow and thrive!

Visit our new community engagement website for the Town of Chapel Hill's Parks & Recreation Comprehensive Master Plan.

Your input will help the Town decide the types of parks, recreation facilities, programs, connectivity, and open spaces that will serve our community today and in the future.

To grow together, we need you to plant your ideas!

• Add your ideas to the interactive map
• Share your feedback on the idea wall
• Complete the budget prioritization exercise

Help us shape spaces and enrich lives—right here in Chapel Hill.

You can also find pages devoted to our two Master Plans; one for the parks system and the other for the trails system. The Master Plan documents were developed with extensive public input and provide guidance in the Parks and Recreation department’s efforts to meet growing need and public demand for improvements for recreational, environmental, and pedestrian/bicycle transportation.

• Greenways Master Plan (Adopted, May 2013)
• Comprehensive Parks Plan (Adopted, May 29, 2013)

Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail Count Data

The Town of Chapel Hill records bicycle and pedestrian information through a series of electronic counters located on greenways and bike lanes around town. Trail Count Data collected is used to create smarter transportation infrastructure plans and projects around the community.

If you have any questions related to open space or capital improvements, please email
Principal Planner-Project Manager, Marcia Purvis (mpurvis@townofchapelhill.org).