What's going on on 485

[Metallisteve]

Originally Posted by nyxmike

Unfortunately, that section of 485 is not scheduled to be widened (including the Johnston Rd. flyover ramp, which by the way, should have been built to begin with) until 2015. That is if there aren't anymore delays, which would not be suprising considering NCDOT is incompetent.

You all that live down that-a-way need to voice your distress with this schedule. The squeaky wheel(s) get the grease. Show up at council meetings and give them hell. I know it's an NCDOT road, but council could step up with CDOT and make things happen if the people demanded it enough.

[Guy Fawkes]

485 & 77 is bumper cars at 6:00 pm. Desperately needs to be 4 lanes at least until past the exits for 51.

[DBGNCSU05]

Originally Posted by Metallisteve

You all that live down that-a-way need to voice your distress with this schedule. The squeaky wheel(s) get the grease. Show up at council meetings and give them hell. I know it's an NCDOT road, but council could step up with CDOT and make things happen if the people demanded it enough.

No, they need to campaign for 485 to get finished, THEN raise cain about widening that stretch. The easiest way for Raleigh to defeat/ignore us is to have us divided.

[Metallisteve]

I can fully understand the principle behind wanting 485 finished first. It's a slap in the face that it hasn't been. But I have to raise the question, and don't revoke my Charlotte citizenship for this, what is the incomplete 485 actually holding up? To put it another way, is there anyone who is chomping at the bit waiting to use that last 1/8th of the circle? I know the city looks ridiculous in Google Maps with an incomplete up-side-down horseshoe surrounding us, but wouldn't we want to fix the problems that are causing major tie-ups every day before we finish something just to say "it's finished?" Who drives that little route on a daily basis? There's absolutely no way that there are more cars waiting to drive that piece than there are cars who sit idling between I-77 and Providence on 485 during rush hour--hell, even regular hour sometimes!

Again, don't get me wrong. If I were gov'nah for a day, I'd give us all the money needed to finish the thing, but I'd also be very concerned with upgrading undersized infrastructure.