Traffic
Westmoreland Road closing Oct. 13 for signal light installation
Oct. 6. Westmoreland Road will be closed between Hwy. 21 and West Catawba Avenue on Thursday, Oct. 13 from 8 pm to 2 am as J.D. Goodrum installs a mid-block crosswalk with signal lights. The new crosswalk will serve as a connection between Phase I and Phase II of McDowell Creek Greenway. Once constructed, the […]
Jetton partially blocked after 2-car crash and roll-over
Oct. 5. All four lanes of Jetton Road were blocked when a late model Corvette collided with a Grand Cherokee which flipped over near the middle of Jetton. Cornelius Police and Fire were on the scene as well as MEDIC and NC State Police. The accident happened at about 1 pm at the intersection of […]
Crosswalk fix on Westmoreland under way
Oct. 4. Crosswalk improvements at Westmoreland Road connecting the two phases of McDowell Creek Greenway between Magnolia Estates and Birkdale Village at Sam Furr are under way and should be completed early next year. The new, well-marked crosswalk will include a High Intensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) pedestrian signal system. To watch a video of a […]
CLT Water closing part of South Street in Davidson
Aug. 23: Charlotte Water will close South Street from Cathey Street to Mimosa Street from late August to early October because of a major wastewater project. The connector between Antiquity and downtown Davidson is also home to baseball fields, churches, schools and the future Davidson Town Hall. The wastewater project, which extends to Hillside at […]
Lorimer closing temporarily for Fondo
Aug. 12. Lorimer Road will be closed from the CVS parking lot to Davidson-Concord Road from 6 pm Saturday until 4 pm Sunday for the Fondo cycling event. Downtown parking for Sunday church services may be impacted. All bike riders are asked to park in the public lots along Jackson Street.
Look for new pedestrian lights on Westmoreland
Aug. 8. By Dave Vieser. Motorists approaching the pedestrian crossing on Westmoreland Road near the intersection of Lake Pines Drive and Amberwood Glen Drive should soon be prepared to stop for a Hawk. No, not a bird, but a High Intensity Activated Crosswalk, abbreviated as HAWK. Expected to be installed within the next several weeks, […]
W. Catawba ridiculousness, Part 9
June 14. [Updated] By Dave Vieser. A $380,000 computerized traffic signal control system once hailed as “the answer” to heavy West Catawba Avenue traffic was quietly ditched last year by the Town of Cornelius. The system, known as Rhythm In-Sync, was supposedly designed to offer superior traffic light cycle timing based on real-time traffic, with […]
Town wants NCDOT to greenlight more signs on DDI
June 14. By Dave Vieser. Cornelius officials are asking the NC Dept. of Transportation to install “Do Not Block Intersection” signs on the Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) at Exit 28. “I witness motorists blocking traffic there on a daily basis,” said Commissioner Todd Sansbury. “Either people don’t understand how the DDI works or they purposely […]
A major bump in the road to triple roundabouts
June 3. By Dave Vieser. The Torrence Chapel Road roundabouts may be in peril, as a result of a new analysis provided by the NC Dept. of Transportation. Indeed, the price-tag for three new roundabouts has jumped by some $11.5 million—and since the town would have to shoulder all of the increase, officials may be […]
Meeting today on Hickory/115 redo, including a light
April 25. By Dave Vieser. A special meeting to discuss proposed Improvements for the Hickory Street/Hwy. 115 intersection in downtown Cornelius will be held Monday April 25 from 5 pm to 7 pm at Town Hall on Catawba Avenue. “There is concern about the timing and the funding for the improvements planned at this intersection,” […]
