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Looks like some changes to the timeline for finishing the 540 loop.
The section between 55 and 401 had been hoped to begin construction in 2018, but it's been pushed back to 2020 in part because they'll need time to plan for minimizing impact on the wetlands along the Orange Route.
The good news is that the second piece from 401 to 40 has been moved up from 2024 to 2020 start, so they'll be able to build the whole thing at once.
The final piece from 40 back around to the other end of 540 starts in 2027.
A number of other project changes also discussed in the article, including removal of the I-40 widening to six lanes between Durham and 85 from the timeline, addition of 147 widening between East End Connector and 40, and acceleration of the 70 freeway and superstreet conversions between 540 and Durham.
I remember when we first moved here in 2007 and they were still planning on redesigning Falls of Neuse Road. Then, when it finally started, it seemed to take forever to complete. But just recently while driving on the old "New Falls of Neuse Road", now rebranded to be "Falls of Neuse Road", I was thinking that both the wait and the results were well worth it.
I look forward to 540 becoming a complete loop and will gladly pay the price for using it when necessary.
Why don't they first begin the final leg from 40 to end of 540 as it appears no issues there. When that is completed the rest should be ready to go so this can finally get completed? Very frustrating as a landowner on this final leg- we are stuck with no legal recourse- this is not a restricted corridor so NCDOT can take as long as they want to buy while we have to sit here. No one will buy because some decade a road might come through here! Get this completed the quickest way possible to benefit the traffic that gets worse every year and release these homeowners stuck on this route indefinitely.
I guess while it's not awesome the one section is slightly delayed, it is good that the other is sped up by 4 years and that this thing is finally really moving forward after 30 years of waiting.
The connection from Knightdale around will also be great for a lot of people. Should take a good amount of pressure off the section of 40 they're rebuilding. Between the continuous accel/decel lanes they are adding and that, maybe it won't have to be widened.
Even simple stuff like coming from the beach for lots of N Raleigh people will be much better.
Wasnt this thread about 540?...Anyway, the area is growing not for us but for our kids...The problem with NC in the past was that we had all these great colleges and the kids would leave after they graduated. Not anymore, the kids are staying and finding very good jobs. I came down from NY but went to nc state and then moved back to ny because nothing was here. Decided to raise my kids here and very happy with the growth...The good thing about NC unlike alot of places is that you can always move to the beach, the mountains, the big city(charlotte) or the RTP...Now back on the subject, I am a little disappointed about 540. The major issue here is they have not kept up with the growth due to its rapid pace so 540 is so needed to release the tension
I don't have any hopes that the project to complete 540 will start on time to be honest, I mean it took them over 50 YEARS to even START the east-end connector project. But on the plus side, I didn't expect the Triangle Expressway to even be built until the 2020s, and thankfully it's already finished, albeit with tolls.
I don't have any hopes that the project to complete 540 will start on time to be honest, I mean it took them over 50 YEARS to even START the east-end connector project. But on the plus side, I didn't expect the Triangle Expressway to even be built until the 2020s, and thankfully it's already finished, albeit with tolls.
I think what works in favor of 540 (compared to 885) is that it's not cutting through any established city neighborhoods along the way to 40.
Seems like that's the easiest piece to build, and the most logical since it completes the Raleigh bypass. Why so late compared to everything else?
I would assume that it is because once the 40-40 connection is complete, revenue from the toll road will increase dramatically.
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