LUMBERTON – People are invited to a meeting next week to look at a preliminary design for widening a 1.3-mile stretch of Fayetteville Road in Lumberton.
The N.C. Department of Transportation proposes reconstructing the road between Farringdom Street and East 22nd Street downtown into a four-lane road with a raised median. The design would improve safety and ease the flow of traffic. The stretch of road now varies between two lanes and five lanes with an open center turn lane.
The city of Lumberton supports the plan, which would minimize negative impacts to adjoining businesses or properties along Fayetteville Road. The proposal received favorable scores and funding through the department’s Strategic Mobility Formula, which prioritizes new highway projects based on safety, congestion, benefits and costs and local priorities.
To help the department refine the project, people are encouraged to attend an open house from 5- 7 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Bill Sapp Recreation Center, 1100 North Cedar St. in Lumberton. Transportation representatives will answer questions and collect comment cards about the project. More project details are available online.
Comments should be submitted by Sept. 25 to Craig Freeman, a Division 6 project engineer, at 910-364-0603 or Highway Division 6, P.O. Box 1150, Fayetteville, N.C. 28302.
NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this workshop. Anyone requiring special services should contact Tony Gallagher at 1598 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1598; 919-707-6069; or magallagher@ncdot.gov as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.
People who speak Spanish and have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494.