There is good news for all drivers who find themselves waiting through one or two traffic signal changes at the South Main Street-Capital Boulevard intersection. At times the line of vehicles waiting to cross Capital and get to Falls of Neuse Road backs up to the Wal-mart entrance.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation has hired Browe Construction of Clayton to add a new lane on South Main Street, widening the road a bit and incorporating the short right-turn lane into the new second lane for the vehicles crossing Capital.
“This will allow [South] Main Street to continue across Capital Boulevard,”Ben Upshaw, a construction engineer with DOT’s Division 5, said.
The initial work, which was slated to begin last week, will have utility companies – electric lines, cable, etc. – moving their lines to make room for the widening. During construction of the new lane there will be some lane closures during the middle of the day, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Work should be completed by the end of September.
This is another project which has been on DOT’s to-do list but it became more urgent after Falls of Neuse Road was connected to New Falls of Neuse.
Browe Construction specializes in utility adjustments, lane widening/turn lanes and road maintenance, and the Wake Forest project is part of a larger contract so the exact cost will not be known until the work is complete, Upshaw said.
