Next segment of Cross Charlotte Trail to cost $2.5M

The City of Charlotte is spending millions to build the next segment of the Cross Charlotte Trail.

City OKs $4.7M contract to add to Cross Charlotte Trail

The Charlotte City Council voted on Monday to spend $2.5 million to build a 1.1-mile segment from Craighead Road to North Tryon Street.

Once complete, the Cross Charlotte trail will stretch for 30 miles from the North-South Carolina border to the Cabarrus County line.

The construction was approved with a unanimous vote.

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