RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Homeowners in two different Raleigh neighborhoods are pushing back against plans to build a new greenway.

The Big Branch Greenway Connector will run north from the Crabtree Creek Greenway near Six Forks Road to Cedar Hills Park, but its potential placement is causing controversy.

The city is currently considering three different options on where to build the new trail at the southern end, near Six Forks Road.

One option would have the trail run alongside the Big Branch stream, through the backyards of Kirven and several other of her Anderson Forest neighbors.

The Anderson Forest neighborhood has put up small flags along the area the city could build in, showing how close the trail would be to homes. The city said the minimum distance from the trail to the back of a home in the area would be 50 feet.

“We’re really concerned about the safety,” said Helen Kirven, who lives in Anderson Forest. “There’s really no adequate way to provide privacy fencing to protect our homes.”

Kirven is also concerned about erosion.

“It floods a lot out here,” she said.

The other options the city is considering are getting similar pushback, including from residents of the Crabtree Heights neighborhood.

“The issue I cannot get over is for decades to come, anybody using the greenway is going to be in danger,” Crabtree Heights resident Tiffany Taylor said.

Taylor lives in, another area the city is looking at.

“My house was built in 1956,” she said. “These things have been here for a long time. They were not built with the idea of even putting sidewalks, much less a greenway.”

Two different potential routes through Crabtree Heights would put the trail in front of homes, crossing several driveways. Both would follow Plantation Road, with one veering to the left to follow Belvin Road and the other to the right along Hines Drive.

If the city builds there, Taylor is concerned about her steep driveway,

“At some point, I would have teenagers driving up my very steep driveway with a very major blind spot,” she said.

Taylor is also noted concerns about having her front yard being ripped up as part of construction and the potential impacts to utilities and other infrastructure.

Homeowners in both neighborhoods are urging the city to consider different options.

“We understand they don’t want it in front of their homes,” Kirven said. “We don’t want it in back of ours.”

Residents from both areas attended an open house about the project Wednesday, getting the chance to voice their concerns with city staff and have their questions answered.

“We’re bringing in the community,” Raleigh Parks Adam Forman said. “We want to hear their feedback. We’re here to figure out what people want.

According to Forman, the corridor was identified as the highest priority to have a connection.

“This is a greenway that goes through a lot of neighborhoods in this city,” he said. “I think there’s a real interest and eagerness to build out a greenway around here.”

A survey about the project will be open through June 11.