There’s simply no excuse for Quail Oaks debacle
Thank you for Taft Wireback’s detailed article in Sunday’s edition (“In the Bull’s-eye: Urban Loop to raze 15 homes in neighborhood”).
I would also like to personally thank former News & Record staff writer Lanita Withers and her husband, James Goins, for their time in regard to the Quail Oaks debacle.
First off, every taxpayer should be very angry. We ultimately will shoulder the added price to our Urban Loop simply because we have a communication problem on all levels.
As for who should have known what and when, I quote from the article: “An expanded interchange is necessary, DOT says, because of higher traffic projections than when roadway engineers filed their initial corridor map in October 1996.”
I know people will say, “Well that was 13 years ago.” But I say bull! Why did the Department of Transportation only get it wrong on this interchange?
Lastly, new homeowners should get their heads out of the sand. Ask the same questions Withers and Goins asked. Look at the package of information the subdivision puts out.
Still have questions? If you are using a Realtor, make him or her do some research. I know the N.C. DOT Web site’s maps are worthless, so you will have to dig a little deeper.
Carl Peltzer
Colfax
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