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Clearer signs and/or pavement markings are needed at the intersection of Raleigh Blvd and Barksdale Dr. There are two distinct left turn lane opportunities on northbound Raleigh Blvd that are very close to one another. One is for turning left (westbound) to Barksdale, and the next is for turning left (west) on Crabtree. Frequently, a driver headed north on Raleigh Blvd gets into the left turn lane before Barksdale and continues straight through the Raleigh/Barksdale intersection, assuming that it is the turn lane for Crabtree. If drivers make this assumption, they run the risk of a head-on collision, because they will drive right through the southbound left turn lane onto Barksdale Dr. On Saturday, a driver nearly hit me head-on as I was waiting to turn left (east) on Barksdale. Fortunately, this driver was able to swerve just in time, but in doing so almost hit the another car in the next lane. It was very scary because there was no way I could have avoided getting hit by this oncoming car if they had not been able to get over.
Perhaps updated pavement markings and/or a concrete median would help drivers realize that they cannot get into the left turn lane for Crabtree early. Thanks for taking a look at this!
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Matt R. (ضيف)
تم إقراره City of Raleigh 3 (تم التحقق رسميا)
Julia (ضيف)
Kelly (مستخدم مسجل)
Vanessa Van Horn (مستخدم مسجل)
Brian M. (ضيف)
Vanese Clough (ضيف)
aqua1117 (مستخدم مسجل)
Vanessa Van Horn (مستخدم مسجل)
Lockwood Crusader! (مستخدم مسجل)
Vanessa Van Horn (ضيف)
Can we please have some sort of response to this issue?
Yet again, today, on a slow and rainy Sunday morning my husband in his bright red truck with my 18 month old son in tow, were nearly hit head-on by an old beat up black Honda sedan when the driver decided to ride both turning lanes for Barksdale.
Concrete dividers seem to work in similar traffic patterns in Cary…
Jamie Bort (مستخدم مسجل)
Martha (ضيف)
Guest (ضيف)
DecaturNC (ضيف)
I am not sure what the best course of action is in this situation. I do believe there are a number of ways to address the situation that would be much better than leaving things as they are. In my 13 years of living in the Barksdale/Rumson area I have lost count of the number of times that I have been in the turn lane and another driver was very surprised to see me in said turn lane to turn on to Barksdale.
Another issued caused by this situation is that sometimes you actually have to stop in the left hand lane of Raleigh Blvd to allow someone who is in the wrong turn lane to proceed as to not become involved in an accident. Of course doing so sets you up for the possibility of another accident.
Over the years however I have come to believe more and more that it is not always confusion leading up to these incidents. In my opinion a fair number of times it is a driver who is wanting to turn left on to Crabtree and they disregard that the first turn lane if for Barksdale.
City of Raleigh 3 (تم التحقق رسميا)
مغلق City of Raleigh 3 (تم التحقق رسميا)
فتح Vanessa Van Horn (ضيف)
مغلق City of Raleigh 3 (تم التحقق رسميا)
فتح Vanessa Van Horn (مستخدم مسجل)
مغلق City of Raleigh 3 (تم التحقق رسميا)
Vanessa Van Horn (مستخدم مسجل)
Is there a contact for NCDOT that the public can communicate with regarding this issue since CoR is keeping this issue closed?
It would be helpful for my neighbors that live with this unresolved public safety issue to have some information regarding the progress and development towards a solution as well, considering the four months of silence that passed since this complaint was initiated.
فتح Jamie Bort (مستخدم مسجل)
Would you please share with us the NCDOT contact information we need to follow up on this issue?
Thank you.
Display Name Redacted (مستخدم مسجل)
I took it upon myself yesterday to find contact information for some one with NCDOT instead of waiting on a response from the city on this. You can use either the form located at https://apps.dot.state.nc.us/ContactUS/PostComment.aspx?Unit=Division_5 or you can call 1.877.368.4968 and speak to some one there. I was given the number the local DOT office that handles Wake County. Unfortunately that number is on my desk at work. I have left a message with an engineer asking him to call me back to discuss what is necessary to start the ball rolling on addressing this issue. I was waiting to hear back from said engineer to see what he had to say before following up on this issue.
By the way it took less that 30 seconds on google and a two to three minutes on the phone to find out who I needed to talk to discuss this issue with.
Vanessa Van Horn (مستخدم مسجل)
Yep, GIYF. I found the NCDOT Wake county general contact info several days ago when I initially re-opened this issue.
However an informed contact that CoR's PW is reportedly collaborating with maybe far more informative and less prone to wheel reinventing than a general contact cold call too. Plus I'd just like to know the chain of command on this solution development given the months long drag this issue has already accrued…
مغلق City of Raleigh 3 (تم التحقق رسميا)