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Western Wake Freeway Open House
The open house was held on Thursday, Dec. 3 at the Halle Cultural Arts Center in downtown Apex. Attendance was so heavy that the Apex Fire Marshall prohibited more people from coming in the building for about 15 minutes during the four o'clock hour. The Western Wake Freeway is a component of the Triangle Expressway and another leg of I540 which will eventually circumnavigate the border of Wake County. The new highway will run directly on the western perimeter of Scotts Mill, between Scotts Mill and Kelly West Subdivisions. The Department of Transportation (DOT) plans to put in a sound barrier along that perimeter to decrease noise levels. There were various charts at the open house, including schematics of the sound wall which will be brick as it runs along the perimeter of Scotts Mill. Other charts covered the ramps from the highway onto Apex commuter arteries. The interchange at highway 64 will be extensive, including a major set of ramps onto highway 64 and a separate set of ramps to access Kelly Road and the Beaver Creek commercial complex. | |
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The DOT expects to finish the roadwork traveling north to south from the junction of 55/54 near RTP to highway 64 at Beaver Creek by the end of 2012. The leg between 64 connecting to the 55 bypass in Holly Springs is scheduled to open in early 2013. The road will be the first toll road in our state, and rates have yet to be set. With the advance of technology, there will be no booths to collect fees. Instead, electronic readers will pick up transponder signals from registered cars or take photos of license plates for vehicles without a transponder. In addition to the ramps at 64, Apex residents can also access the new highway to the north at Green Level Road or to the south at US 1. You can learn more about the project at the NC Turnpike web site. Turnout was covered by WRAL TV staff; they carried a video report on the evening news and also posted this report online. | | | |
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