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In some previous threads, there has been questions about how large the city of Raleigh can possibly grow.
From Raleigh's comprehensive plan, the city has the potential to annex 67.1875 more square miles due to its ETJ and agreements with other local municipalities. That means that Raleigh's potential physical size can reach approximately 210-212 square miles depending on what the current physical size is. Using our current metric of ~2900 persons/s.m., this puts our future city population at 614,800. If we can move that metric to ~3300 persons/s.m, we can top out at about 700,000. That's going to be a tough metric to reach unless the city really steps up its efforts to leverage infill land for larger residential projects.
As a point of reference, Charlotte is currently ~288 square miles.
I just did a little more digging and, according to the city plan, the city size will max out at ~200 square miles.....adjust the math accordingly. The good news is that it's easier to multiply in your head by 200 than 212.
By the time that comes to fruition, I wonder if we'll be talking about merging cities in Wake County. I mean, Raleigh already operates the water/sewer for most of the municipalities in the county...
By the time that comes to fruition, I wonder if we'll be talking about merging cities in Wake County. I mean, Raleigh already operates the water/sewer for most of the municipalities in the county...
I can see some consolidation happening in the future. We are already hearing about Cary and Morrisville consolidating. I don't think that entire county would consolidate but I can imagine the city absorbing some of the smaller "fish" like Knightdale & Rolesville. If one of the other municipatlities gets itself into a mess, that might also be a future opportunity. I don't see Raleigh annexing Cary. It's simply too large and too wealthy to find itself in dire straights. On the other hand, it's much easier for me to see the city absorb Garner. It's significantly smaller, less powerful and really close to the city of Raleigh.
But, I am not so sure I am interested in the city annexing more suburban development. This type of development usually doesn't pay for itself in tax revenues. I'd really rather see the city develop existing land before extending city services to new areas. But, I do realize that the services are often extended within the ETJ with the intention of annexation.
Has the city of Raleigh not yet annexed any big chunks of land south of Tryon Road? Seems like that would be the most logical area. It is the annexable land closest to downtown and could probably be developed into a more urban living mixed-use area.
Has the city of Raleigh not yet annexed any big chunks of land south of Tryon Road? Seems like that would be the most logical area. It is the annexable land closest to downtown and could probably be developed into a more urban living mixed-use area.
I think that land is probably a mix of ETJ's among Raleigh, Cary and Garner. I have no idea how much oppty there is for Raleigh.
wake county will more than likely approved new zoning codes in the watershed so maybe Raleigh will have the potential to get even bigger. I wish Raleigh would get more aggressive in it's annexation process and maybe we can stop Cary from binging.
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