Oakview Road meeting
High Point officials are holding a public information session on the widening of Oakview Road between Johnson Street and Old Winston Road.
Residents can drop in between 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at Oakview Recreation Center, 503 James Road.
The two-lane road will be widened to four lanes, with a center lane for turns. The work will impact nearly 100 properties along the road, either through construction work or land purchases. The city will not have to buy entire homes and businesses.
Daily traffic is about 3,500 vehicles each day, but by 2025 the amount of traffic is expected to double. There is also congestion on the road in the mornings and afternoons when students are dropped off and picked up from Oakview Elementary School.
Sidewalks will be constructed along both sides of Oakview Road and along the west side of James Road to the Oakview Recreation Center.
The $4 million in funding for the project was included as part of bond package approved by voters.
The city is scheduled to begin buying property for the project this fall. Construction will begin in summer 2006.
For more information, call the city's engineering department at 883-3194 or the city's transportation department at 883-3225.
