Given that we are not entirely confidant that the North Carolina Department of Transportation will actually buy the necessary land in 2024 and begin construction of the six-lane limited access road in 2025, The Wake Forest Gazette has asked its readers to engage in a little “what-if” scenario.
Thus far, four people have responded. David Crank said, “Flow should be improved in many simple ways. What do the traffic engineering studies say are the quick fixes?
The DOH has clearly added way too many stoplights in the past few years along Capital.
For example, eliminate left handed turns at many of the major and minor intersections.
Any drivers that want to go left could go up to the 98 bypass and circle back around and/or they could learn new traffic patterns to avoid the limited access, such as heading to FON or 401. I live off of Jenkins and now routinely head down Thompson Mill to 98 in order to avoid Capital.
I believe that many of the awful accidents we have at Purnell and other bad intersections are caused by the left hand turn lanes in combination with drivers running red lights.”
Richard Ostergard wrote: “1. Link development approval to highway improvements. This will automatically delay development and prevent the traffic from getting worse.
2. Bring the prisoners out for highway construction.
Lawrence D. Brandon Jr. suggested, “Stop issuing building permits for people to build town houses unless they add money to improve roads too. I don’t see a solution to undo the damage done to our rural area at this late state. Leith cars has several car dealers built on land needed for roads, and I can’t see Leith giving up those car lots. I thought that DOT could take land built in a planned road corridor without paying for it.”
Doug Erickson said, “I believe a “no trucks in left lane” between say Hwy 98 and Burlington Mills Rd would help a great deal.”
Well, off to a great start. I’m sure the Gazette readers with their fertile brains can come up with much more. The contest with no prize, just printed recognition, will go on until August 16, so lots of time for more bright ideas.
All the ideas will be sent to DOT.
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October 25, 2024
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Thanks for the shout-out??
The reader who now takes Jenkins to Thompson mill should be aware that there is no delay when the traffic light changes at the Thompson mill and 98 intersection. When a light turns red, the light in the other direction turns green right away. There is no delay and people on 98 frequently run the red light. There have been a number of vehicle crashes at that intersection over the years.