NC Department of Transportation – U.S. 401 (Raeford Road)

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is proposing changes to U.S. 401 (Raeford Road) between Hampton Oaks Drive and Fairway Drive in Fayetteville.

Road Project Description: (from NCDOT handout)

NCDOT proposes construction of access management improvements to U.S. 401 (Raeford Road) from west of Hampton Oaks Drive to East of Fairway Drive.

Improvements will include:

  • Installation of raised medians
  • Extended turn lanes
  • Bus pull-out lanes
  • Channelized median openings
  • Reduced driveway access (where possible)
  • Signal Timing/Synchronization
  • Sidewalks throughout the corridor (along both sides of the roadway)

Other Information:

Accoridng to the handout, 16 business will require relocation and the tentative schedule of right of way acquisition is December 2015.

Construction is expected to begin December 2017.

Maps of the project are below↓

http://www.ncdot.gov/download/projects/publichearings/03062014_u4405_rdy_phm_roll1.pdf

http://www.ncdot.gov/download/projects/publichearings/03062014_u4405_rdy_phm_roll2.pdf

http://www.ncdot.gov/download/projects/publichearings/03062014_u4405_rdy_phm_roll3.pdf

For additional information contact:

Ms. Diane Wilson
NCDOT – Human Environment Section
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC  27699-1598
Phone: (919) 707-6073
Fax: (919) 212-5785
Email: pdwilson1@ncdot.gov

 

Published by Angie Hedgepeth

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