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Wake Forest asks state to fast‑track Capitol Boulevard improvements; board urges funding or near‑term safety fixes
Summary
The Wake Forest Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution urging the North Carolina General Assembly and NCDOT to prioritize and fund improvements on US 1/Capitol Boulevard, citing repeated delays, escalating costs and a STIP draft that assumes tolling and shows multi‑decade financing implications.
The Wake Forest Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution asking the North Carolina General Assembly and the Department of Transportation to immediately prioritize and fund improvements to US 1 (Capitol Boulevard) between I‑540 and Purnell Road, citing prolonged delays, rising costs and acute congestion points.
Town staff briefed the board on a May 30 draft of the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for project U‑5307. "The STIP shows U‑5307 is still gonna cost, over a billion dollars," a town staff member said, and the draft assumes all lanes would be treated as an expressway under a tolling scenario; staff said that if tolling is not permitted by…
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