Where does this money go? I’m not anti study but like this forum came up with all of these options 5 years ago in free flowing discussions ha
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I mean commissioning firms to design these schematics is not free. They should not move to that stage unless they are serious about implementation. I am however glad they are not moving forward as I do not think any of these proposals are good.
Yea I get they aren’t free but what did this actually produce for $350,000 and what are the line items that went into it? That just seems insanely high.
I’m genuinely curious
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It’s definitely not dead. The City of Raleigh is actively acquiring all of the property along Six Forks. They just closed on multiple houses in the past couple of months. Moving slow, yes, but very much alive.
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Yeah that one’s happening. Ten years late but it’s happening.
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i don’t have any photos that do it justice, but things are moving along at a feverish pace at salvage yard. it looks like a majority of the warehouse buildings are on the latter half of their upfit. they’re adding steel accents that fit the iron works vibe. paths, permanent fencing, pipe work, landscaping is all taking place simultaneously and every day i see progress.
meanwhile they’re doing a lot of interior work upstairs at iron works (i think it’s the new AP watches space) and i imagine it will be move in ready soon.
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They better be… I’m supposedly playing a show at Cannonball Music Hall in June lmao
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no @wey 
Sorry, I had to. Also, thanks for the update!
We’ll make it our DTR Meetup for June 
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Need keys/synth/backup vox?!
We’re set on the band but if you come to the show and find me, I’ll slide you one of my band-beers I won’t be drinking 
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Thought it was opening April 26-27?
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I just got an email from Larry Helfant (Midtown CAC chairman) describing the uncertainty the Six Forks Rd. project faces. The email ends with him saying this bluntly:
“There isn’t any more time for more excuses for why this project is again behind schedule and beyond budget other than bureaucratic delay.”
The N&O also published an article recently detailing the issues this project faces, with a quote from the transportation director that actually addresses the problem that started this whole delay:
“The city began design work on all the transportation bond projects after the bond passed, said Paul Kallam, the city’s transportation director. Instead, design should have been underway on some of the projects so construction could start on them as soon as the money was available. Then design could start on the others, he said.”
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article301988204.html#storylink=cpy
There is no other way to describe this problem, besides being poor planning.
It said city staff will meet again in May to discuss options on how to proceed, but at this point you have to ask the question. Where is all this money going that is being collected annually since 2017 with very little to show for it? Not only will I never voting for one of these transportation bonds again, but I also want my damn money back.
At this point, they should just take the money they have (Hopefully) set aside for the 6-forks project, and apply it to the New Bern BRT project overrun. Let’s at least get something out of it. And I would much rather have BRT and then more car lanes on 6-forks.
Not sure how doable that is logistically, but just a thought.
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Frankly I’ll never use BRT on New Bern, but Six Forks is something I sometimes drive on. So kind of the opposite for me, but I don’t really care at this point. I just feel like a lot of bonds were passed such as N Person St 2 way conversion, Peace St streetscape, Six Forks, BRT, etc. that I voted for, and they took my money but haven’t done any of the work. Either get started or start mailing out refund checks.
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I live right near that section of 6-forks and drive it almost every day. Traffic is certainly heavy at times, and the lanes are narrow. But it’s not bad enough to warrant adding another lane (my opinion) . It could use some some wider lanes, streetscaping and a multi-use path. But the money could certainly be better applied to more needy areas of transportation.
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