http://www.wral.com/diamond-interchange-could-help-ease-triangle-road-congestion/14470572/ If they do this will be so much better! Ive seen this done in other states, and yes it looks crazy but works wonders on traffic.
I have been dealing with one of those intersections near Charlotte for the last four months. The best description I can come up with is clusterf##k. Just my opinion.
about 8 months ago or so the NC DOT had one of those public response meetings at the West View Elementary school on Cleveland School Road. They unveiled three different plans. Plan 1. Diverging diamond at 40/42 Plan 2. Diverging diamond at 40/42 and an exit at Cleveland School road Plan 3. Diverging diamond at Cornwallis Road IMHO I thought the diverging diamond is a stupid idea. They should just do the SPUI. Also they should do plans 1 & 2. I figure we have enough growth that we could use 3 exits. If they do anything at 40/42 they will do away with the light where the McDonalds/Burger King and put the light where the 40/42 Plaza (the old Ashley Turner Plaza) and the Dairy Queen.
Was talked about maybe a year ago. It will probably be 4-5 years out if it does happen here. My understanding is that there is no funding available for anything major in the 40/42 interchange area through at least 2018. I think a better use of funding would be to complete 540 from Knightdale down to the 40/70 bypass interchange (http://www.ncdot.gov/projects/complete540/). Or widen I-40 from Rock Quary to at least 70 bypass if not all the way to 42 (http://www.ncdot.gov/projects/i40nc42/). Both of these will probably not begin for at least another 3-4 years either, if ever. There was also talks of making NC 42 4 lanes from I-40 to Business 70 in Clayton years ago (2000-2001) - http://archive.org/stream/johnstoncountyth2001nort/johnstoncountyth2001nort_djvu.txt Sad as by the time they get around to any major project like these, the traffic at rush hour on 40 from 42 to the 40/440 interchange will be horrendous.
Some years back I remember reading on DOT's web page they were suppose to widen 42 from 70 all the way down to 50 (where the Lowes foods is) but it has since been removed from their webpage
I'd be happy if they would just widen it from Walmart to 70 bypass. Cornwallis backs up so bad sometimes. Up to a mile at times in either direction on 42.
:iagree: I know people here do not care how things are done up north. Or even in New York of the south (Florida). But when I did live in Florida, the developer of a large parcel of land (i.e Wal mart 40/42 or the Son Lan property across the street) would be responsible for upgrades to the adjacent roads, adding schools, etc. Just a suggestion, Maybe Son-Lan should go and at least widen 42 from the (and including) the swift creek bridge up to Corwallis. The county could then widen from Cornwallis to 70. JMHO
I think it said something like that in the approval for the zoning from JoCo. Walmart/the developer was who paid upgrades to the area at the light where the Murphy Gas is. Pretty sure Son-Lan or whoever actually develops that land, has to do all kinds of work in the area. Even some on the other side of I-40 and at the Cornwallis light, let me dig up the document.
I'm trying to find all the docs, but here are some of the details: New access points onto NC 42 shall be limited to one full service street aligned with the existing WalMart access/signal light and two right-in/right-outs as shown on the site plan. Must obtain commercial driveway permit(s) from DOT and comply with all NCDOT traffic improvement requirements Signage or pavement markings shall be utilized for the far right turn lane on the eastbound exit ramp indicating that the lane shall turn right at Glen Road. All traffic improvements required through the Traffic Impact Analysis and as shown on a map kept on record at the Johnston County Planning Department created by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. and entitled Crosland Assemblage - River Oaks, dated 8-3-09. The Developer will be responsible for all required traffic improvements.
These are some of the improvements they are required to make (in red) - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B59bKuvAFxhfQThMaUlpYWpFZEU&authuser=0
The high development fees are supposed to cover a lot of those costs. I'm not sure of Johnston County but Wake county the development fees are incredibly high, then some cities (Cary) tack on even more.
I bet they ease traffic because people avoid the area. That looks like an accident waiting to happen. Kinda like the mess they made down on 70 by the Smithfield Outlets. I avoid going down there now!
Good grief! They have altered, added, tweaked the 42 / Cornwallis intersection close to ten separate times since I moved here 15 years ago. Each time is just barely a nip/tuck or the addition of a 2 foot wide shoulder. Just widen the damn road already and plan ahead!
Personally, out of all the possible construction projects planned, adding just this one section of 540 would make me extremely happy. Of course making it all the way to 70 bypass would be even better though.
Sadly, the latest we heard is the section you most desire is the one that will come last. And that could be 10+ years from now.
I know, they would rather extend the toll road from the west. Sad since the part I highlighted is a route that is pretty much uncontested. So it could be built immediately.
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NCDOT announces slew of work in JoCo http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/clayton-news-star/article24397381.html Some to call out since they were discussed above: ▪ Access improvements near the I-40-N.C. 42 interchange. Right-of-way and construction will cost about $40 million and are scheduled for 2019. ▪ A road-widening and traffic-management project on I-40 from the Wake County line to N.C. 42. The project will cost about $36.9 million. Right-of-way acquisition is scheduled for 2018, and construction is scheduled from 2018 to 2020.
