Major Lake Norman-area road just months from completion, town says
A major Lake Norman-area road expected to alleviate congestion is just months from opening, a Mooresville town spokesperson told The Charlotte Observer.
Nearly mile-long Norman Village Road will stretch from Timber Road and N.C. 115 to Deerwood Lane and U.S. 21.
On the new road, drivers will get to southeastern Mooresville from other parts of town faster, including workers to the Lowe’s corporate campus off Interstate 77 exits 31 and 33, Mayor Chris Carney told The Charlotte Observer at a Feb. 3 ground-breaking for the road
Project officials at the time expected construction of the two-lane road to finish by the end of the year.
That’s been bumped to February, town spokesperson Rika White told the Observer recently.
Work on the road was 25% complete this month, White said in an email.
“This is not only going to become a great mover of people, it’s going to be a great thing for our first responders,” Carney said about the $18-million road.
Drivers will be able to avoid the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks in downtown Mooresville, Carney said. Notorious backups occur daily at the tracks.
And the road will shorten travel from the lake to Interstate 85 and Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, by diverting drivers from the daily backups at Brawley School Road, West Wilson Avenue and U.S. 21 and other Mooresville intersections, Carney said.
Developer contributes to road project
Mooresville BTR Developers began clearing land for the road in early December, David Coble, a land development consultant for the developer, told the Observer at the February groundbreaking.
“This road had been on the town’s comprehensive transportation plan since the mid-’90s,” Coble, a former Mooresville town commissioner, said. “So this represents a major traffic-alleviation project for the town.”
Original projections called for the road to alleviate about 35,000 to 40,000 trips from near West Wilson Avenue into and through downtown Mooresville, Coble said.
Last year, the state awarded the Charlotte-based Centralina Regional Council a $15 million grant to pay for most of the work, Coble said. The developer is paying the remaining $3 million. Mooresville BTR Developers is a subsidiary of LandSouth, which is based in Jacksonville, Florida.
The developer agreed to build the road as part of the town’s approval three years ago of its planned development of 253 single-family homes and 300 apartments.
The development will add $225 million to the Mooresville tax base, officials with the developer said.
“Think of it as a mini-Morrison Plantation,” Coble said of the large mixed-use community at Brawley School and Williamson roads further west in Mooresville near the lake.
The Sentosa of Lake Norman apartments will be built in phase one of the development, and the single-family homes in three subsequent phases, Mooresville Planning Board documents show. The single-family homes community will be called Reflections of Lake Norman.
Turn lanes will be added on U.S. 21 and N.C. 115 at the new road, and two railroad crossings will be improved, officials with the developer said.
Davidson completes park expansion
Davidson has improved the playground and added a picnic shelter and landscaped walking loop at Bradford Neighborhood Park, 13045 Robert Walker Drive, town officials said Friday.
Public Works staff poured the last section of sidewalk this month as part of phase II additions and imprpovements at the park.
This story was originally published September 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM.