Land Use Plan – 2002 - Stanly County, North Carolina

STANLY COUNTY
Table 4-2. Countywide Bikeway System.
Route Description
Length
(In Miles)
1 Connects Badin, Albemarle, and Aquadale 20
2 Connects Misenheimer, New London, Badin, Morrow Mountain
State Park, Norwood, Aquadale, Oakboro, Stanfield, and Locust
84
3 Connects Richfield, Albemarle, Oakboro 25
6 Consists of a portion of the cross-state Piedmont Spur Route. 24 (of 200
Begins in Morganton in Burke County and continues through Stanly
County, ending at Snow Camp in Alamance County.
Miles Overall)
Source: NCDOT.
Public Transportation
Railroads
Subscription and on-demand public transportation in Stanly County is provided by the Stanly
County Umbrella Services Agency (SCUSA). The system consists of buses and vans and
provides county residents with transportation to and from public agencies, employment,
businesses, medical centers within and out of the county, the community college, senior center,
nutrition sites, YMCA after school program, group trips, dialysis, nursing homes, county schools,
daycare’s and other areas as well.
Presently there is no other public transportation available that runs along a regular scheduled
route in Stanly County.
Stanly County is served by four rail systems that connect the county with the rest of central North
Carolina and other outside markets. The provision of rail service in the county is consistently
identified by one in five prospective industries considering moving into the county. The Winston-
Salem Southbound (WSSB), CSX, Norfolk and Southern (NS), and Aberdeen Carolina and
Western Railways (ACWR). Collectively these lines provide piggyback service to Charlotte, daily
switching service, and access to 50 motor freight carriers that serve the county (see Figure 4-4).
The ACWR line runs east-west and connects Charlotte with the southern part of Cabarrus
and Stanly County. The rail line continues through Stanfield and Oakboro through Aquadale
to Norwood and into Montgomery County.
The WSSB is a north-south from Winston-Salem through Lexington along the Yadkin River
into Stanly County past Narrows Reservoir. A spur line goes to Badin to serve the Alcoa
Badin Works while the main line goes on through Albemarle then paralleling N.C. 52 past
Norwood and to Anson County.
The NS line comes from the northwest in Salisbury and travels south along N.C. 52 through
the northeast tip of Cabarrus County into Stanly County through Richfield and New London
into Albemarle.
In addition to commercial cargo-handling rail service, there has been considerable discussion
regarding the establishment of passenger rail service within Stanly County. One proposal
presented has been the establishment of a tourist train using the ACWR line from Stanfield,
Oakboro, and Norwood eastward to Aberdeen in Moore County.
Another proposal being discussed in the very preliminary stages is the potential for providing
light rail passenger service between southern Stanly County and the Charlotte metropolitan
region. This line—which could potentially use the ACWR line—would connect Oakboro and
Stanfield with Mint Hill and Charlotte.
Land Use Plan 4-9 6/02