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STEELE CREEK NEWS
Planners Request
Public Input on Dixie River Road Realignment
(July 2,
2005) Charlotte officials held a public meeting on the Dixie River Road Realignment Project
on June 30, 2005 at the
Steele Creek Masonic Temple. Staff from the Charlotte Department
of Transportation and the Engineering & Property Management
Department along with Kimley-Horn & Associates displayed maps,
answered questions, and solicited input from the scores of attendees
at the meeting.
Dixie River
Road will be realigned through the new
Berewick neighborhood currently under development
between Dixie River Road and Shopton Road West. A new road
will connect the Berewick Town Center with the intersection of
Shopton Road West and Steele Creek Road, creating a new 90°
intersection there. See the
map of the Berewick Master Plan.
These realignments
are part of the
Dixie-Berryhill Thoroughfare Plan adopted in 2002. The new
intersection will replace the dangerous curve that currently is at
the intersection.
The project will be funded by the City of Charlotte
Transportation Bonds approved in 2004 and the North Carolina
Department of Transportation. Planning and design will
continue through mid-2006, and land acquisition and
construction will occur during 2006 and 2007.
Project managers
will schedule additional public meetings during the planning phase to keep the
public informed of the project’s progress and to solicit input,
which is important to the success of this project.
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QUICK FACTS
Dixie River Road Realignment Project
Background
- Includes 1) reconstruction of intersection at
Shopton Road West and Steele Creek Road and 2)
construction
of Dixie River Road as a new fourth leg to the
northwest of the intersection
- Project goal is to improve safety and operation of
intersection and relocate a portion of Dixie River
Road in
compliance with the Mecklenburg-Union Metropolitan
Planning Organization (MUM PO)
- A budget of $5 million was approved under the City
of Charlotte's 2004 Transportation Bond, with an
additional $200,000 allocated from NCDOT
- Improvements are part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Planning Commission prepared Dixie Berryhill Strategic
Plan adopted April 2003
Project impacts on...
Water Service
- Improved level-of-service to Rock
Island Road area with construction of a 16-inch water
main along Shopton Road West between Rock Island Road
and Steele Creek Road.(as part of the 2005 Annexation
project)
Traffic
-
Project builds on the Steele
Creek/Dixie-Berryhill Traffic Impact Analysis prepared
in October 2001
- Development was forecast for: 25,000 SF Retail;
650,000 SF Office; 540,000 SF Business Park; 1,055
Townhomes; 1,828 Single-Family Homes
- 4,663 vehicles are expected to pass through the
intersection during the AM peak hour in 2010 . 4,724
vehicles are expected to pass through the intersection
during the PM peak hour in 2010 . The intersection may
process approximately 47,000 vehicles per day in 2010
Drainage, Watershed, and Water
Quality
- The proposed Dixie River Road
realignment will cross a tributary of Beaver Dam Creek
- There is no floodway on the tributary to Beaver Dam
Creek
- The proposed Dixie River Road is within the Lower Lake
Wylie protected watershed
- An erosion control plan will be submitted to NCDENR
for review and approval for a land disturbing permit
Milestones
(estimated completion date)
-
Planning phase - Summer 2005
- Preliminary design phase - Winter 2005
- Final design phase - Spring 2006
- Right-of-Way Acquisition/Utility Relocation - Fall
2006
- Construction - 2006-2007
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If you have any
comments on the project, please send them to Project
Manager Derrel Poole
of the Charlotte Engineering and Property Management Department:
Mr. Derrel Poole
Engineering and Property Management
600 East Fourth Street
Charlotte, NC 28202-2844
(704) 353-1794
(704) 336-4554 - FAX
dpoole@ci.charlotte.nc.us
See previous articles on the
Dixie River Road Project and the Dixie-Berryhill Thoroughfare Plan:
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