Complete NC 540 Project

[brian440i]

8 Million a Mile ... so we are talking 2 Million... to extend the existing wall. 

I think a National Builder would rather spend that on its Lawyers against the Neighborhood - if their Sales People  promised a Wall, then actually pay for it to be built.

[PColumbus73]

If the developer were to build the sound wall, the home builder would have to incorporate that into the final sales price of the homes. Besides, the developer is already pulling an encroachment permit for the intersections, but they're not going to do any more work than they have to in order to get permits.

[PColumbus73]

After reading the story, sounds like a case of bad timing since the sound study was already finished before the development was permitted. Makes sense, amending the sound study would have delayed the project. Eventually there has to be a cut-off somewhere.

[jdunlop]

After reading the story, sounds like a case of bad timing since the sound study was already finished before the development was permitted. Makes sense, amending the sound study would have delayed the project. Eventually there has to be a cut-off somewhere.

By NC law, once a road project has been announced, and I believe a route has been chosen, no development approved after that date is eligible for a noise wall.  The study likely was done after that deadline and redoing the noise study wasn't going to happen to cover their development.  The development's real estate people should have known that, but for some reason (sarcasm alert!) didn't pass that information on to the potential/actual buyers.

As usual, the WRAL article paints a bad picture of NCDOT, implying that they promised the wall (I doubt that happened; the article is more hearsay than anything and doesn't include details), which no NCDOT personnel with authority in the matter would do.

[PColumbus73]

I was thinking residents attended one of the public information meetings and misinterpreted something as a guarantee. When SCDOT was widening SC 707, they ended up going overbudget (either during bidding, or during construction) and some of the sound barriers that were proposed ended up not being installed.

I think it's safe to say resident complaints are often way exaggerated. It's hard for me to see the few-day-old NC 540 generating so much traffic it's preventing people from sleeping at night. It might say more about the build quality of the house.

[The Ghostbuster]

Now that the NC 55-to-Interstates 40/42 is completed and opened, now the only segment that needs to be completed is the portion between Interstates 40/42 and Interstate 87. It is estimated the final segment will be completed in 2028. It is something Raleigh should greatly look forward to.