Construction Updates  

April 15, 2025

Traffic Shift Coming Soon!

There is a lot of construction activity along Blue Ridge Road right now, and some significant changes are getting ready to take place. Crews are currently paving between Homewood Banks Drive and Noremac Drive. Once crews complete paving, the team will shift traffic to new pavement on the northwest side of Blue Ridge Road and will open the new roundabout at Homewood Banks Drive. The team expects the traffic shift to occur either Thursday, April 17 or Monday, April 21. 

The contractor is working on Friday, April 18, but no lane closures or flagging operations will be in place. 

The tree root bridge near Glen Eden Drive is about 80 percent complete. The ramps from the bridge to the at-grade sidewalk and the decorative handrailing still need to be installed. Until crews complete those items, the root bridge section of the sidewalk is closed to the public. 

The section of the project from Glen Eden Drive to Duraleigh Road is also coming along. The team continues to install new driveway sections and the asphalt multi-use path. 

March 2025

This winter has seen bitter cold temperatures and even some snow. This type of weather is not very conducive to roadway construction work. See the February update post for more about cold weather and construction impacts. The good news is that Carolina Sunrock has shifted its team to work on items not as affected by weather, keeping the project moving. Even with cold and snowy weather, the project management team is happy to say the project is on schedule, and crews are making excellent headway with the project. 

There is a new sidewalk from Homewood Banks Drive to just shy of Glen Eden Drive. The multi-use path is also coming along nicely from Glen Eden Drive to Duraleigh Road, and the new stormwater system along the roadway is moving along as well. The team just finished installing the storm drain system at Homewood Banks Drive and will now start working on the other half of the roundabout.  

In the next few weeks, you should see more of the sidewalk and multi-use path installed and work on the other half of the roundabout at Homewood Banks Drive. A crew is also installing the root bridge near Glen Eden Drive. This root bridge is a concrete sidewalk built over the tree roots. Stayed tuned for more about how the root bridge works. Once we get some drier weather the contractor will start work back up in the area between Glen Eden and Noremac Drive.   

February 2025

Due to large swings in the temperature during the winter months in North Carolina, roadway construction can be hard. When Raleigh has very cold temperatures, like it did in January, crews are not able to do either concrete or asphalt work. Both asphalt and concrete require the air and ground to be at certain temperatures. If the temperature is too cold, asphalt will not stick, and concrete will not cure properly. 

With the warmer weather Raleigh has had in the last few weeks, the crews have made some good headway. 

This month, crews are working on:

• Paving a section of the new multi-use path;
• Sanitary sewer, water, and stormwater lines between Homewood Banks Drive and Glen Eden Road;
• The installation of the new sidewalk along the roadway; and,
• Grading operations for widening and realignment of the roadway..