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Almost ten of the eleven miles of the Roanoke River greenway in the City of Roanoke are now officially open, after the ribbon cutting today for a half-mile, 4.2 million dollar segment located just off Peters Creek Road near the Salem line. Roanoke Mayor Sherman Lea wouldn’t talk specifics about the legal right-of-way tussle with Walker Foundry in the Norwich section – part of the last mile to be completed. The City of Salem is also having a right of way battle with an apartment complex along the Roanoke River while crews there work to connect the greenway from Peters Creek Road to Rotary Park on Electric Road.
