| Project Detail |
County: Wake
Status: In Development
STIP Number: U-5307
Project Information Right Table
Estimated Cost: $465 million
Start Date: 2022
Completion Date: TBD
???????????Project Overview
Planning and development are underway on a proposal to improve traffic congestion and travel times by converting Capital Boulevard (U.S. 1) – between I-540 in Raleigh and Purnell/Harris roads in Wake Forest – to a controlled-access road.
Controlled-access means ramps at interchanges would provide entry onto the roadway, cross-streets could have overpasses built over them and private driveway connections would not be allowed.
?Between 32,000 and 65,000 vehicles per day travel this stretch of Capital Boulevard, and traffic is anticipated to increase to 44,000 to 75,000 vehicles per day by 2040.
Travel times along Capital Boulevard are highly variable, making it difficult for drivers to plan trips. A trip in the evening peak hour on at least one segment of the corridor, for example, can take up to four times longer than trips at non-peak times. |
