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Board hears DOT plan for crosswalk, turn lanes on N.C. 74; right‑of‑way request included in consent agenda
Summary
A DOT representative described a safety project on N.C. 74 near Anson High School that would add a right‑turn lane, a left‑through/right turn lane, about 2,000 feet of sidewalk and a pit‑actuated crosswalk; the board included the right‑of‑way donation in the consent agenda, which passed.
The Anson County Board of Education heard a presentation from Lee Ainsworth, identified as a Department of Transportation representative, proposing a safety project on N.C. 74 near Anson High School that would add dedicated turn lanes, new sidewalks and a pit‑actuated pedestrian crossing.
Ainsworth told the board that funding for the project became available after a separate municipal project was canceled and that DOT sought the school board’s cooperation to donate the right‑of‑way needed to build the improvements. “We were able to get get permission to apply it here,” Ainsworth said. He described a…
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