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Raleigh approved the Neuse River Regional Park Master Plan in 1996 only a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) stretch of trail existed along the Hedingham neighborhood. Since then the city has acquired over 2,000 acres of land along the Neuse river for use as greenway as well as nine parcels of land for
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694:- Official Neuse River Greenway Trail website
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