{"id":246,"date":"2017-03-18T14:11:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T14:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/?p=246"},"modified":"2017-03-18T14:11:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T14:11:54","slug":"fortify-project-is-nearing-final-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/2017\/03\/18\/fortify-project-is-nearing-final-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortify Project is Nearing Final Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The I-40 Fortify project is heading toward its final steps. According to information sent out via the NCDOT&#8217;s newsletter, drivers will soon shift to three brand new outside lanes along the 8 \u00bd-mile long project.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the meantime, you&#8217;ll notice a series of interchange ramp closures. Look for more work on ramps along Lake Wheeler Road, Hammond Road and South Saunders Street on almost a weekly basis through the month of March and into April. Traffic shifts will wrap up late spring and early summer. Then, the entire project area will get a final top layer of asphalt, along with permanent lane markings and reflectors. That work, which will require lane closures, will be done at night through the summer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As a reminder, the speed limit through that work zone is 60 mph. &#8220;A large majority of accidents in the project area are a result of someone going too fast for conditions and being unable to stop in time when traffic suddenly slows in front of them,&#8221; according to the NCDOT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>More information on the project, including traffic impacts, can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=0017wq9t_oLZ_neW7A30jr3KY3odFUUdPRdbdoRky2nt4yI6MP5ZOp4qXOjXrSigd1EVV6wbScIjdIZ93TXMoz50oLtFP2jj_u51vJ1_zDtMXSlOqZiUuR0WdzGzKA_7h9RJGWVSSvOIRbs4gcwiPhwQUUj1Y45LHzT&amp;c=P0D0l_P79WKG1i3iRA6gLNSUxPP7xT_xhgtpZwPNO34gC8AThKeshg==&amp;ch=p_A4dNNM19abl1LOgd8fm0TFAEGtc3gZHjHWXO2WQ7ryYg7opHUapA==\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D0017wq9t_oLZ_neW7A30jr3KY3odFUUdPRdbdoRky2nt4yI6MP5ZOp4qXOjXrSigd1EVV6wbScIjdIZ93TXMoz50oLtFP2jj_u51vJ1_zDtMXSlOqZiUuR0WdzGzKA_7h9RJGWVSSvOIRbs4gcwiPhwQUUj1Y45LHzT%26c%3DP0D0l_P79WKG1i3iRA6gLNSUxPP7xT_xhgtpZwPNO34gC8AThKeshg%3D%3D%26ch%3Dp_A4dNNM19abl1LOgd8fm0TFAEGtc3gZHjHWXO2WQ7ryYg7opHUapA%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1489932260238000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF92wGsgd7bJBquHWpEMW90cnrWOw\">FortifyNC.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow @FortifyNC on Twitter.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The I-40 Fortify project is heading toward its final steps. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[47,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}