Tuesday Jonathan Jacobs, the transportation engineer for the Town of Wake Forest, provided this update about the traffic overpass on Rogers Road over the CSX rail line and the extension of South Franklin Street from its current dead end in an old pasture to the N.C. 98 Bypass. This is what he said.
“Rogers Road is scheduled for September 2020 letting (meaning going for bid to a contractor). Construction should be 18-24 months, but we haven’t gotten a definite timeline from NCDOT. Traffic will not be reduced nor will Rogers Road ever close. They are building a temporary road directly adjacent to the existing road to build half the bridge and then will move traffic to the new bridge and complete the rest of the bridge.
“South Franklin also isn’t a definite timeline since it’s solely dependent on Holding Village And their contractor. They have submitted their construction drawings to the town last week and that’s typically a 2-4 month process. But yes, they will build two of the four lanes as required before the 401st CO. The final ultimate section is required (4-lanes) to be completed by the 801st CO. They are also required to make improvements at the South Main and 98 Bypass Intersection. Summer/Fall 2021 is a good estimate for the connection to be made.”
#
