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NCDOT ‘confident’ about completing 3-mile portion of U.S. 220 widening … soon by JOE GAMM
Greensboro city limits.
NW GUILFORD – “Smooth” might best describe the new layer of asphalt that tops a couple of miles of U.S. 220 from Horse Pen Creek Road going north.
Tetra Tech had hoped to complete a 3-mile portion of the U.S. 220 widening project that spans from the intersection of Battleground Avenue and Horse Pen Creek Road in Greensboro to the southern end of Summerfield Road in Summerfield by the time most public schools in the area begin classes on Aug. 28.
By Wednesday, Aug. 23, Tetra Tech, the firm that has the contract to widen the highway through Summerfield, had installed most of the final layer of asphalt along the highway to about Owl’s Roost Road, just inside the
Although state highway engineers and the contractor may have been “overly opti-
mistic” about completing that portion of the project so school-related traffic would be less affected by road construction, there were positive signs it would be done around the first of September, according to N.C. Department of Transportation engineer Patty Eason. “Certainly, by the 28th we should be in the final pattern from Owl’s Roost Road to south of Horse Pen Creek Road,” Eason
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ABC Board says no to Stokesdale store … for now Council received decision June 9, didn’t tell citizens by STEVE MANN STOKESDALE – Stokesdale will not be getting an ABC store … at least, not now. But opponents and proponents of the ABC store haven’t been told. The Stokesdale Town Council received a letter June 9 from the Greensboro ABC Board that the board “will not be able to pursue opening a store in Stokesdale at this time.”
“The decision was made after a thorough study of the existing operations of the Board and how a potential store in Stokesdale might fit in those operations,” the letter read. The study referenced in the letter was triggered March 9 after the town council voted 3-2 to approve a resolution inviting the Greensboro ABC Board to partner with Stokesdale to bring an ABC store to town. Council member Frank Bruno had notified the council in January he had received an email from the CEO of the Greensboro
ABC Board expressing such an interest. The council’s split vote – with Mayor Randy Braswell calling in from 175 miles away from Town Hall to join council member Tim Jones in opposition – followed a 59-minute discussion that included economic benefits, crime statistics, the town’s history of bars and related incidents of violence, the will of the people and a pastor telling council members they would have to “stand before the Lord to answer for your choice.”
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Photo by Joe Gamm/NWO
Workers put final touches on asphalt on U.S. 220 the morning of Aug. 23. Tetra Tech, the firm hired to widen a 13.2-mile segment of U.S. 220 from two lanes to four lanes, expects to complete the entire widening project in November.
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