Skip to content
The Archive of The Carrboro Citizen
Menu
  • Home
  • News
  • Community
  • Schools
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Obituaries
  • Sports
  • Mill
  • Flora
  • Print Archive
  • About
Menu

Chapel Hill seeks to improve safety along Fordham Boulevard

Posted on March 20, 2008March 20, 2008 by Staff

Safety improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists at the intersection of Fordham Boulevard and Manning Drive and at the intersection of Old Mason Farm Road and Fordham Boulevard should be finished by August. Kumar Neppalli, engineering services manager for the Town of Chapel Hill, reported on the progress of the project to the Chapel Hill Town Council on Monday night. Crosswalks at both intersections will be equipped with pushbuttons, audible beepers, bicycle activated signal loops and a timer.

At the Manning Drive and Fordham Boulevard intersection, pedestrians will be able to cross Fordham Boulevard on the south side of the intersection and a crosswalk will be installed across Manning Drive on the residential side. A small 30-to-40-foot section of concrete sidewalk will be built at the corner to protect people waiting to cross Fordham Boulevard.

Streetlights at the intersection of Manning Drive and Fordham Boulevard should be in place within the next two months and at the intersection of Old Mason Farm Road and Fordham Boulevard by August of this year. The improvements to the intersections are required as part of UNC’s development plan. The university has paid the town $50,000 for the streetlights.

Also on Monday night, the Orange County Health Department asked the council to extend its smoking ban to include all tobacco use in all county and municipal buildings. Rosemary Summers, director of the Orange County Health Department, presented the department’s petition at the council meeting. Summers asked for a resolution to allow enforcement of the county’s ban on the use of all tobacco products in county facilities inside the Chapel Hill town limits. She also asked the council to extend the town’s smoking ban in its buildings to include all tobacco products. The council agreed to receive the petition and refer it to its staff.

In February, Orange County approved a ban on all tobacco products in all of its buildings, vehicles and grounds of any county Health Department or Department of Social Services buildings. The ban becomes effective April 1. Violators of the ban will be subject to fines of up to $500. — Rich Fowler

Web Archive

© 2025 The Archive of The Carrboro Citizen | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme