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Rolesville town engineer says Main Street project nearing completion; punch list remains
Summary
Town engineer Scott Miles told the Rolesville Planning Board the Main Street overhaul is largely complete but small safety repairs, DOT reimbursements and pedestrian-light gaps remain; staff expects the project to be finished by late summer or early fall.
Scott Miles, Rolesville’s town engineer, told the planning board that the Main Street project is nearing completion but still has punch-list items that require the contractor and DOT to finish. “The Main Street project is closing. It's coming to a close,” Miles said, adding that barrels and fencing remain in place for safety until the final items are cleared.
Miles said the town is finalizing project finances and pressing the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the City of Raleigh for reimbursements tied to waterline work and other costs. He highlighted design tradeoffs made early in the project to improve multimodal safety: “There were three crosswalks across Main Street before this project started. Now there are 12,” Miles said, noting that bicycle lanes and pedestrian infrastructure required removing some dedicated turn lanes when no additional right-of-way could be acquired.
Board members raised site-specific issues including standing water near the convenience store and restaurant and gaps in sidewalks on the 7‑11 side; Miles said those locations are on the town’s punch list and that DOT maintains it did not cause all of the drainage problems. He also said pedestrian signals are not functioning in some places and described a temporary enforcement step discussed with the police chief: placing officers near crosswalks to observe and issue warnings while the signals are repaired.
The board did not take formal action on the update; Miles said DOT plans to wait until the project is fully completed and school traffic has stabilized before making final signal-timing adjustments. He estimated final removal of temporary fencing and barrels “hopefully [by] September, but maybe late October.”
