The pathway for strolling or biking from one end of Greenville to the other is pointed forward after a recent City Council vote to extend its public trail system.

The council voted 5-1 at its Jan. 9 meeting to provide its required portion of matching funds to add an estimated 1.4-mile extension to the 4.3-mile, 10-foot-wide South Tar River/ Green Mill Run greenway system. The extension will roughly border the Tar River from the Town Common to Vidant Medical Center, formerly Pitt County Memorial Hospital, and the Pitt County Office Complex.

Councilwoman Rose Glover was the lone vote against the appropriation.

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