Peakway Southwest Widening

At a glance

What: the Peakway Southwest widening project, a large capital item that was part of the two-cent tax increase scenario in the FY 2027 budget discussions.
Where it stands: at the May 21, 2026 work session Council directed staff to proceed with a 1.75 cent increase as the base budget, a scenario in which this project is the sacrifice that is taken out; the vote is recorded as unanimous (5-0).
Next: the project would be revisited later; see Budget Tax Rate Increase for the budget.

Reese asked for clarification that the widening was part of the two-cent scenario. Zegerman said the project is a lot of money for little benefit without surrounding improvements that may be years away, and that he prefers completing the Peakway circle over individual sections.
Gray said that once the Seymour project went away the widening is less impactful because downstream effects are not relieved, and that if the Seymour project returns the widening may need changes.
Mu said it will be necessary at some point and will only get more expensive.
Budget Director Hoffman said the only project of similar dollar size was the Peakway Northwest Widening.
On the Tinger Road and Peakway intersection, Zegerman said the Town now has to work on improvements because the developer whose rezoning carried that condition pulled out. Director Johnson said improvements are planned but not at the level the developer proposed, and that the intersection would take about three years all in.

Discussed during the budget scenarios; removed from the base scenario.