I believe a signaled crossing was the plan the last time I talked with Cary, but let me double check and I’ll report back.

At some point Cary was going to build a tunnel, (Great!) but then they decided it was too complicated, due to storm drains or something, or just too expensive, or something, and decided to build a signaled crosswalk instead (Which would still worlds better than the current crossing.)

I’ve tried to e-mail Cary Parks & Rec about this, to find out what the current plan is, when it will be built, and what they recommend doing for now to cross over Maynard and continue down the trail. I never got a response. Maybe they know you and will respond if YOU ask them?

Chris,
I should have mentioned in the post that the stretch you mention is, in fact, the last link in the Black Creek Greenway. Cary does plan to continue the greenway along Black Creek the entire way, but that last little stretch is pricey (it’s steep in through there, requiring some above-and-beyond work) and thus it may be a while before it’s done. But yes, that is part of the plan.