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... even though the City has designated the Strickland-Six Forks vicinity as a focus area, with a lot of class A office space.
There's a lot to be desired with the Wake County Transit Plan IMO. It doesn't do enough to provide transit access to places that don't already have it. 90% of the frequent bus service is concentrated around ITB but it needs to be expanded to areas where major growth is expected in the coming years or at the very least North Raleigh/Cary.
The only logical and practical alternative to widening Six Forks Road is widening Creedmoor Road. North Carolina Highway 50 needs to be widened to four lanes up to Creedmoor.
The only logical and practical alternative to widening Six Forks Road is widening Creedmoor Road. North Carolina Highway 50 needs to be widened to four lanes up to Creedmoor.
With the growth of North Raleigh and Wake Forest, there probably does need to be an access controlled roadway between 440 and areas north of 440. They are upgrading US 1 north of 540 to a freeway but they should probably link up 440 and 540 somehow as well. I don't know though - I'm not a transportation planner.
The only logical and practical alternative to widening Six Forks Road is widening Creedmoor Road. North Carolina Highway 50 needs to be widened to four lanes up to Creedmoor.
NC 50 Corridor Study - News and Updates . Some people support it. Others don't, because of potential impact on water quality in Falls Lake. Latest view is that construction between I-540 and NC 98 will start in 2025. There's not even a projected date north of 98... think 2035 or 2040, assuming the objections of environmentalists don't block it entirely.
Meanwhile, Creedmoor will benefit from the new East End connector around Durham (I-885) which should be open in late 2019.
Well, as we've all seen, working together isn't a strong suit of the various municipalities around here.
I used to work at NCDOT and every group (traffic, roadway design, hydraulics etc...) there didn't communicate with each other at all. So not just municipalities but departments within state and local agencies.
Update: There was a public meeting last night where the consultant revealed a revised 4 lane option for the Six Forks Road corridor between 440 and Lynn Road. It previously was a 6 lane option (still on the table) but City Council wanted the consultant to also present a 4 lane streetscape option to the public because they were wary of increasing more traffic than there already is now (thought is that limiting capacity would deter people from utilizing Six Forks Road more than if there were 6 lanes)
If you weren't able to attend the meeting, you can give your vote on your preferred alternative or any other input here: Six Forks Road Corridor Study
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