State Rail Officials Will Use Research To Help Prevent Deaths On Train Tracks by Neal Charnoff Stills taken from infrared cameras along the Piedmont rail corridor. Image courtesy NCDOT
State officials say they now have a new tool to help prevent fatalities on North Carolina’s railway tracks.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation conducted a four-year study to establish the extent of pedestrian trespassing on the state’s rail network. The department used thermal cameras to help determine where trespassing on railroad tracks has been the biggest problem.
The motion-sensor cameras were installed on known trespassing paths at a number of sites including Greensboro, Mebane, and Salisbury.
State departments of transportation across the country currently find themselves at a cross-roads where traditional sources of infrastructure funding may not generate sufficient.
Mecklenburg County residents, NCDOT prepare for Thursdayâs winter weather
Mecklenburg County prepares for wintry weather By Morgan Newell | February 17, 2021 at 6:24 PM EST - Updated February 17 at 6:24 PM
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) -More than 75 trucks have been out all over Mecklenburg County to handle the all day brining affair.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) want to get these roads treated as early and quickly as possible. I-77 is one of the major highways the North Carolina Department of Transportation is hitting in Mecklenburg County. The other highway DOT focused on is I-85.
This is all information from Jennifer Thompson at NCDOT.
Drivers on U.S. 321 will continue to wait, at least for now, for the opening of a new ramp to Interstate 85 North.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation said this week it does not have a clear timeframe for the opening of Ramp D, its new light controlled access to I-85 North for both north and southbound drivers on U.S. 321.
Weather delays have plagued the last months of the project, putting it at least two months behind schedule, said DOT spokesman Marcus Thompson.
The work is part of a $15.6 million project designed to improve the flow of traffic at the heavily used intersection. Agency engineers said more than 100,000 vehicles per day travel that stretch of I-85, and half that many on U.S. 321, as commuters motor between Hickory and Charlotte.
Bill introduced in NC House to address growing litter problem along state roads A new bill in the NC House of Representatives aims to clean up the growing litter problems across the state. The Highway Cleanup Act includes tougher penalties for those convicted of littering, and creates a new program providing funds for sheriff s offices to take part in litter cleanup efforts. By Jon Evans | February 17, 2021 at 2:46 PM EST - Updated February 17 at 4:56 PM
RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - After local leaders raised concerns regarding increasing amounts of litter along roads and highways across southeastern North Carolina, lawmakers from the region have signed on as sponsors to House Bill 100, the Highway Cleanup Act, filed this week by Rep. John Bell (R-Wayne). Rep. Brenden Jones (R-Columbus) and Rep. Charles Miller (R-Brunswick) signed on as co-sponsors.