Capital Blvd could become a toll road

Carolina Fever

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Capital Blvd from Wake Forest to 540 could become a toll road so they can have money to make it an expressway. The Raleigh City Council voted to support turning it into a toll road. Construction to turn it into an expressway from Wake Forest to 540 was supposed to start years ago. And now they can't afford to do it because they delayed it for too long. So now residents of Wake Forest will probably end up paying a toll to use the only major highway that runs through town. Is there any other town or city on the state that has a toll road for the only highway that runs through it?

 
It should be a toll road. Of course we should already have light rail. Of course we should already have BRT.
 
I had to drive Crapital Blvd every day during my pre-pandemic commute. I don't miss that one bit.
 
BluHevn said:
Where else in the state is there a toll road for the only major highway in town?
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That's my question too. What's the precedent for saying telling folks their pre-existing, primary route of a 30+ yrs is now going to be fee-based?

But I bet some would voluntarily pay the amt if it meant an immediate increase from 4 to 6 lanes.... pay nothing and sit in grid-lock as usual. Pay a dollar and get 20 mins of your life back.
 
The construction delay when adding the additional lanes and interchanges is going to make falls of neuse even worse. Same with 401, 98... and those will stay bad when people want to skip the tolls.

Speaking of fall o neuse, it's own construction for turn lanes and stuff has taken waaay too long. Northern Wake Co will just wind up a big shit show.
 
The good thing is you can get around Wake Forest and to shops and restaurants without ever going on Capital. The bad news is 98 and Falls of Neuse are going to be even more crowded with people using those routes to get to 540 and Durham to avoid the toll.
 
www.wral.com

‘Toll road’s dead’: NC lawmakers pump the brakes on road-widening plan for Wake County

A plan to use tolls to pay for a long-delayed Wake County road widening project has won widespread approval from local politicians. State lawmakers are trying to block it.
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'Toll road's dead': NC lawmakers pump the brakes on Wake County road-widening plan​


But the state House of Representatives recently voted to ban the toll road plan. And even if that outright ban doesn’t become law, it’s still a signal that any needed legislative approval for a toll proposal will face an uphill battle.

Leading the push is state Rep. Mike Schietzelt, a Republican who was elected in 2024 to represent Wake Forest and other far-north parts of Wake County — home to the people who would be most affected by any potential tolls along Capital Boulevard.

“I’ve got to go back home and answer to my constituents,” Schietzelt said in an interview. “And I have not had a single person tell me, ‘Yes I want that toll.’”
 
I am uneducated on what the State pays for-vs local govt
This is an exploding population area-I don't get it why the State doesn't pay for it. The "State" seems to have spent billions in Greensboro/Winston the last several years to alleviate the traffic problems they had/have
 
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p5mmr9 said:
Capital Blvd backs up because of the street lights...not the traffic volume.
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Yeah, the design is horrible. My daughter’s preschool is off of capital, right before Wake Forest and the traffic is a joke because of the lights. They need to figure that out and it could help alleviate the congestion. After you pass a few of those lights, the traffic is fine
 
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