Buck Jones Road Widening Project
- Planning
- Design
- Construction
- Completed
- Street Improvement Project
- $8,165,000
- Roadway Design and Construction (Lead)
- URS Corporation North Carolina (Project Design Consultant)
- Carolina Sunrock, LLC (Construction Contractor)
Current Activity
Posted Oct. 19
Carolina Sunrock, the City’s contractor, has completed the project. The landscape contractor will plant some more trees this fall and continue to water trees and shrubs planted along the corridor for one year.
The City installed benches at transit stops along the corridor, and trash cans will be installed soon. The City’s Transportation Department is monitoring the ridership numbers along the corridor and will install shelters at stops that warrant them later.
Summary
The widening of Buck Jones Road will begin near Farm Gate Road and extend to Xebec Way. Street improvements will include:
- Two proposed roundabouts at Farm Gate Road and Bashford Road;
- A center turn lane for adequate turning traffic storage at the remaining intersections along the corridor;
- Marked bicycle lanes;
- Curbs and gutters;
- Culvert replacement near Bashford Road;
- New streetlights;
- Sidewalks on both sides of Buck Jones Road from Farm Gate Road to Xebec Way;
- Transit stops will be upgraded to include marked crosswalks and pedestrian refuge islands at mid-block crossings; and,
- A sidewalk installed on the west side of Buck Jones from Farm Gate to the existing bridge overpass of I-40.
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Schedule
| Date | Description |
| November 2, 2010 | Corridor Public Meeting - 25% Design Plans |
| January 1, 2014 | Design Public Meeting - 65% Design Plans |
| June - 2013 | Design Public Meeting - 90% Design Plans |
| October 1, 2013 | Design Public Meeting - 90% Design Plans |
| December 2015 | Complete Right of Way and Easement Acquisition |
| May 2016 | Advertise for Construction Contract |
| August 2016 | Award Construction Contract |
| Fall 2018 | Project Completion |
History
The Buck Jones Road widening project is part of the 2005 Road Bond approved by voters of the City of Raleigh. Initial design funding for the project was authorized by the Raleigh City Council as part of the 2008-09 Capital Improvement Program. Construction funding was a combination of annual allocations through the CIP program, plus an additional $4 million through the 2013 transportation bond.
This road is classified as a minor thoroughfare in the City's 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The existing roadway is primarily a two-lane roadway with inadequate turn lane accommodations at some intersections.
Existing Traffic Volume: 10,400 vehicles per day
Projected Traffic Forecast: 12,800 vehicles per day (2035)
