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 Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:27 am Post subject: What a surprise, NC I-485 delayed yet again |
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http://www.charlotteobserver.com/597/story/364539.html
Outerbelt delayed past Thanksgiving
Contractor blames slow installation of traffic lights; DOT says that's
not the only holdup.
By Steve Harrison
sharrison@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008
The outerbelt in northwest Mecklenburg won't open before Thanksgiving
as hoped – and the contractor and the N.C. Department of
Transportation are blaming each other for the latest delay.
The contractor, Virginia Beach-based Skanska, said it will finish the
5.5-mile segment by Friday, and that it could be opened before
Thanksgiving next week. The problem, Skanska said, is that the state
and the City of Charlotte are moving too slowly in installing traffic
lights at exits.
“They could have started the work three weeks ago,” said Skanska
spokesman Mark Hubbard. “That's the only thing that's holding us up.”
The state said that's not true.
N.C. DOT spokeswoman Jen Thompson said that even if the lights were
ready, the highway isn't finished. She said Skanska still must do some
striping, and there are some small punch list items that need to be
completed.
Traffic lights need to be installed at Brookshire Boulevard, W.T.
Harris Boulevard and N.C. 115.
She said the lights might be installed by the end of the week, but it
could take a week to get power to the lights.
When asked if the state could have started work on the lights sooner,
Thompson said, “in hindsight, perhaps we could have sped it up a
little bit.”
But she stressed there are other problems besides the lights.
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Brent Jonas
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:17 am Post subject: Re: What a surprise, NC I-485 delayed yet again |
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On Nov 19, 10:27 pm, rickmastfan67 <rickmastfa...@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | http://www.charlotteobserver.com/597/story/364539.html
Outerbelt delayed past Thanksgiving
Contractor blames slow installation of traffic lights; DOT says that's
not the only holdup.
By Steve Harrison
sharri...@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008
The outerbelt in northwest Mecklenburg won't open before Thanksgiving
as hoped – and the contractor and the N.C. Department of
Transportation are blaming each other for the latest delay.
The contractor, Virginia Beach-based Skanska, said it will finish the
5.5-mile segment by Friday, and that it could be opened before
Thanksgiving next week. The problem, Skanska said, is that the state
and the City of Charlotte are moving too slowly in installing traffic
lights at exits.
“They could have started the work three weeks ago,” said Skanska
spokesman Mark Hubbard. “That's the only thing that's holding us up.”
The state said that's not true.
N.C. DOT spokeswoman Jen Thompson said that even if the lights were
ready, the highway isn't finished. She said Skanska still must do some
striping, and there are some small punch list items that need to be
completed.
Traffic lights need to be installed at Brookshire Boulevard, W.T.
Harris Boulevard and N.C. 115.
She said the lights might be installed by the end of the week, but it
could take a week to get power to the lights.
When asked if the state could have started work on the lights sooner,
Thompson said, “in hindsight, perhaps we could have sped it up a
little bit.”
But she stressed there are other problems besides the lights.
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Dave Sturm
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: What a surprise, NC I-485 delayed yet again |
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Ummm, I think the idea was to open the NW segment before the high
traffic volumes seen the day before Thanksgiving and again on Sunday
after.
Of course, NC should have built its urban bypasses already ten years
ago. But of course, must have freeway segments all over the state, or
the rural counties will hem and haw.
So, when are they telling the public that the NE part of I-485 will
open? Or I-274/74 around the north of Winston-Salem?... |
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Adam Prince
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: Re: What a surprise, NC I-485 delayed yet again |
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On Nov 20, 1:31 pm, Dave Sturm <stur...@maine.edu> wrote:
| Quote: | Just tell the public the highway will open sometime in 2009. -
Ummm, I think the idea was to open the NW segment before the high
traffic volumes seen the day before Thanksgiving and again on Sunday
after.
Of course, NC should have built its urban bypasses already ten years
ago. But of course, must have freeway segments all over the state, or
the rural counties will hem and haw.
So, when are they telling the public that the NE part of I-485 will
open? Or I-274/74 around the north of Winston-Salem?...
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