For months the editor has been asked when construction would start for the Wake Forest Wegmans, and the answer was, “You can tell it’s underway when they start clearing the land.”
That answer was a little off. The store construction will begin with blasting and excavating operation on the site. The editor had not fully recognized the amount of granite in the area.
East Coast Drilling & Blasting Inc. began blasting and excavating on Monday, Dec. 2, and they are expected to continue the loud heavy work for as much as several months, depending on the weather, of course, and the amount of rock the company finds it has to remove.
Nearby residents can expect to hear a lot of the noise though they should not be otherwise affected.
Residents are advised of the following alerts before and after a blast:
* One-Minute Warning: Three long horn blasts, separated by short pauses.
* All Clear Signal: A prolonged horn blast following inspection of the blast.
In October 2018 Wegmans announced plans to build an anchor store in Wake Forest as part of a larger mixed-use development by Stiles. Wegmans Wake Forest is expected to be up to 100,000 sq. ft. in size and similar in design to Wegmans’ other new stores.
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finally…thanks for staying on top of this news, hope you have had the chance to visit the new store in Raleigh….its quite a great experience…Merry Christmas..