Stadium Drive Complete Street Project

Fred Smith Co. has also completed the four bus stops located within the corridor which are complete with benches, trash cans and cigarette butt containers. The Wake Forest Streets Department will also install a new bus shelter along McDowell Drive once the project is complete.

Additionally, Fred Smith Co. completed the sidewalk connection between South Wingate and North College Street - formerly a stone paver sidewalk that was removed due to degradation.

A traffic signal at Rock Spring Road was added after construction began and the metal mast arm poles is scheduled to be delivered in the next few weeks and installed by the time students return to school after the New Year.

Extending from Capital Boulevard/US 1 to North Wingate Street, the Stadium Drive Complete Street Project is designed to improve vehicle and pedestrian safety, as well as traffic flow. Once completed, the typical section of Stadium Drive will include three lanes with curb and gutter, left-turn lanes at intersections and driveways and a 10-feet wide multi-use path on the south side. Other features will include five-foot wide sidewalks on the north side, wide striped shoulders on each side of the roadway, a pedestrian refuge island, high visibility crosswalks and ramps, and accessible transit stops.

A 2014 Wake Forest Bond Referendum initiative, the Stadium Drive Complete Street Project will cost approximately $7.3 million. For complete information, including project updates, visit www.wakeforestnc.gov/…/stadium-drive-complete-street-project.