After several weeks of preparation, the North Carolina Department of Transportation is expected to begin its extensive repaving work along one of the most well-traveled roads in Chapel Hill and Carrboro.

The state department repaves and restripes stretches of Franklin Street every ten years, with the western portion of the Chapel Hill road and its transition to East Main Street in Carrboro set to be next. The Town of Carrboro shared a release on Friday saying the remilling and repaving steps are ready to begin this week on East Main Street — potentially as soon as Tuesday evening.

The Carrboro portion will include several additions like new bicycle lanes, bicycle boxes for left turn lanes and intersection bike markings. Additionally, the paving project is set to add center turn lanes along East Main Street.

The approved striping plan of the Carrboro section of the repaving project. (Town of Carrboro)

Contractors will begin tearing up the road at night, with work hours slated to be from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sundays through Wednesdays and then 9 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursdays. Carrboro said in its message to residents that no work will occur after 6 a.m. Fridays and any time on Saturdays until the project is complete. The evening work hours are meant to limit disturbance to local businesses and traffic, and will be completed in single-lane closures to allow vehicles to continue to use the road.

Chapel Hill officials have confirmed to residents in weekly messages that West Franklin Street will also never be fully closed, with at least one lane of traffic being open in each direction during the repaving process. On-street parking for Franklin will be affected, according to the town, with some space being temporarily removed to strip and repave lanes. The Chapel Hill stages of the project will be coming in later weeks.

The Town of Carrboro release said this year, the work is being done by contractors Carolina Sunrock and Fulcher. Much of the preparation for the repaving project has been preparing curbs and sidewalks, as well as cutting traffic signal sensor loops at Carrboro intersections that will be disrupted by the road work.

Both the Carrboro and Chapel Hill government have encouraged drivers and pedestrians to use caution and to stay alert while the repaving is being completed.

The West Franklin Street-East Main Street repaving project is predicted to last through early August. More information on the project can be found here on Carrboro’s website and here on Chapel Hill’s website.

 

Photo via the Town of Chapel Hill.

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