Raleigh — There is still plenty of time
to comment on proposals to widen Ten Ten Road between Apex Peakway and Kildare
Farm Road in Wake County.
To relieve congestion in
that rapidly growing area, the N.C. Department of Transportation is looking at
changing Ten Ten Road to a median-divided, four-lane facility, with six lanes
for part of the project, as well as a sidewalk on one side and a multi-use path
on the other for the section of road between Apex Peakway and Penny Road. The
project would include the replacement of the Ten Ten Road bridge over U.S. 1.
Two alternatives are being studied for the widening,
both of which would slightly move the location of the roadway, enabling the
current bridge to remain open while the new one is being built. That will
eliminate the need for a detour route.
One
alternative is a traditional widening of the road. The other plan would do the
same in terms of number of lanes, but would convert the traditional
intersections into a superstreet style, which prevents motorists on side streets
from turning left onto Ten Ten Road. That would reduce potential side-impact
crashes and improve traffic flow on the main road itself.
Maps and other information about the project are available online at
the public
meetings section of the NCDOT website.
Comments
were accepted at a March 1 public meeting attended by more than 300 persons. But
even if you couldn't make the meeting, you can still let your comments known to
the DOT, and those received by March 15 will be taken into consideration when
DOT staff determines which alternative to choose. Comments can be made at
NCDOT’s Public Engagement Platform site for the project,
https://ncdot.publicinput.com/tenten_apexcary. If anyone has additional
questions, they should contact NCDOT Senior Project Engineer Zahid Baloch, PE,
at zbaloch@ncdot.gov or (919)
707-6012.
Once the preferred alternative is selected,
another public meeting is expected to be held this summer. Considerable planning
remains regardless of the choice, with the estimated start of construction in
spring 2023.
Contact: Steve Abbott
(919) 707-2600
swabbott@ncdot.gov