LUMBERTON – The N.C. Department of Transportation invites people to attend an open house next week to learn about proposed improvements for Second Street in Lumberton.
The highlights of the project include adding safer pedestrian access at several locations along 2 miles of this downtown street, which is also N.C. 72. These accommodations would include more sidewalks, pedestrian signals, high-visibility crosswalks and mid-block refuge islands in the median. The project spans between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and North Roberts Avenue.
The department's engineers and planning consultants will have project maps and other information available during a public meeting on March 26. It will be from 5 to 7 p.m. at East Lumberton Baptist Church on 201 Old Whiteville Road.
People may drop in at any time, as there will be no formal presentation. The department has posted the same project information on its public input site.
Alternatively, people may submit feedback or ask the design team questions by email: 2ndstreet-improvements-robeson@publicinput.com; or by phone: 984-205-6615 and enter project code 11303.
Comments received by April 10 will be considered toward the final design. The $9.5 million project is scheduled to begin construction in the fall of 2027.
NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for those who wish to participate in this meeting. Anyone requiring special services should contact Tony Gallagher with NCDOT's Environmental Analysis Unit at 919-707-6069 or magallagher@ncdot.gov as early as possible so arrangements can be made.
Those who do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior by calling 1-800-481-6494.