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Bypass Road Interchan ge To Oust Station, Apartment Building BY SUSAN USHKR An interchange that will route U.S. 17 bypass traffic over Whitcvillc Road will displace a service station and an apartment building, according to plans on display at the N.C. Department of Transportation's Shallottc Main tenance Office on Mulberry Street. A public hearing on those plans will be held at Shallottc Town Hall at 7:30 p.m. July 22. The state DOT proposes to replace the grade-level signalized intersection with a partial cloverleaf inter change, with construction to begin in fall 1994. The par tial cloverleaf would consist of two ramp/loop combina tions, one in the northeast quadrant, the other in the southwest, with a bridge to carry traffic over the three lanes of N.C. 130, also called Whitcvillc Road. The interchange is the final step of the state's re sponse to concerns about the safety of the signal inter section of the freeway and N.C. 130, a two-lane road that serves West Brunswick High School. During the first 18 months the bypass was open to traffic, 20 acci dents occurred at the traffic light, including a double fa tality, and resulted in $127,450 estimated property dam age. Forty-five percent of the accidents involved vehi cles making left turns. Sixteen school buses also travel through the intersection twice a day when county schools arc in session. A traffic study in 1992 indicated that in the one-mile study area, an estimated volume on the bypass of 9,000 vehicles per day (vpd) south of N.C. 130 and 11,300 north of N.C. 130. Traffic on N.C. 130 ranged 3,500 vpd cast of U.S. 17 to 6,200 west of U.S. 17. Trucks ac counted for 15 percent of the bypass traffic and 5 per cent of Whiteville Road traffic. By the year 2014, traffic on the bypass is cxpcctcd u> increase to 20,500 vpd to 25,900 vpd, and 7,900 pvd to 14,000 pvd on Whiteville Road. In addition to improving the safely of the intersec tion, the interchange is cxpcctcd to provide more effi cient travel into and out of Shallottc, the plan indicates. The project is expected to have limited environmen tal impact, according to the DOT plan, and a positive economic impact as a result of improved access. Construction of the S3. 5 million to S4.0 million pro ject will require relocation of the Han-Dee Hugo Exxon and one 6-unit building only at Shallottc Manor Apartments, which flank N.C. 130 just west of the inter section. An alternative diamond design would have forced relocation of the entire 42-apartmcnt complex, at an additional estimated cost of SI .4 million. During construction, traffic on N.C. 130 will be rerouted along a temporary detour road to be built just west of the existing roadway, cutting through the service station property. Also, under the plan: ?the current Southeastern Wclcomc Ccntc. /rest area en trance on the northbound lanes ot die bypass would be closed and the roadbed allowed to revert naturally to wetland conditions. The closing, according to the plans, is to "eliminate any possible confusion for motorists on U.S. 17 regarding where the entrance ami exit to the in terchange is located." Acccss to the center would he by the N.C. 130 entrance, using the ramp/loop system. ?Bridgers Road (S.R. 1349) would be realigned again, this time about 700 feet east of the current intersection, to a point across from the terminus of a ramp and loop. The old asphalt would be removed and the roadbed graded to a natural contour. ?an existing circular drive would be closed and a new access drive built to serve Shallottc Manor Apartments residents. The acccss would intersect N.C. 1 30 opposite the end of the southbound ramp. ?Lett- and right-turn lanes on both approaches to N.C. 130 will be replaced by deceleration and acceleration lanes. ?Between the terminals of the access ramps, N.C. 130 will be a three-lane road, with a concrete median. Also, as another safety measure, the area between the termi nals with have full access control and will be fenced olT. DOT will accept comments, questions and materials from the public at the hearing and also by mail for 10 days afterward. The hearing officer will be W.A. Garrett Jr., who can be contacted at P.O. Box 25201. Raleigh. N.C. 27611, or 1 -9 11)- 250-4092. 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