Monday, July 21, 2008

Coming Soon to an Intersection Near You

First the good news: Morrisville-Carpenter/Aviation Pkwy & NC54/Chapel Hill Rd, will be sporting a new look in the not too distant future. That's right - we're getting closer to sharing our Heart of the Triangle crossroads with orange cones, heavy equipment and the like. The town's website has been updated and now estimates completion in about a year.

And the not so good news: The $4 million bond approved in 2004 will cover only about 2/3rd of the cost to fix up the intersection and construct E St. Sure, everything (except Beanie Babies) costs more today. But a jump from $4M to $5.9M since board approval in 2006? Ai-yai-yai-yai-yai! There's some splainin' to do.

The other not so good news: intersection traffic will get worse before it gets better. It's the nature of road construction. Patience Grasshopper.

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  1. AnonymousJuly 22, 2008 at 9:13 AM

    glad to hear that finally something is actually happening. we have been talking about this intersection for far too long withour any action. pls let us know when you learn what the "splainin" tells us about the cost increase

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