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

Weaver Street open

Posted on January 26, 2012January 26, 2012 by Staff

Weaver Street is now completely open to traffic.

West Weaver Street was opened to thru traffic on Monday morning, and while work will continue with some minor disruptions to traffic, vehicles may now travel the length of the street without detour. Pedestrian access may occasionally be directed to one side of the street or the other depending on the proximity of construction activities.

George Seiz, director of Carrboro Public Works, said workers are still completing line-striping correction and cleanup, but that the project is nearly complete.

“I think there will just be some general cleanup, and then we’re done,” he said. “Within a week or so, things should be pretty well totally wrapped up.”

“We anticipated that it was going to take a year,” Seiz said, “but now that it’s open and substantially complete, we’re obviously ahead of schedule.”

The Weaver St. Reconstruction Project began on March 7 of last year and has involved the replacement of an existing water main, installation of additional storm inlets and piping and the removal and reconstruction of the existing road.

Work on the east block was completed in July of this year, at which point the contractor began work on the second phase of the project in the west block. The water main was replaced in the west block while work was completed in the east block.

“We now have better fire protection,” Seiz said. “We have a better drainage system. We have a better roadway, improved ADA access, crosswalks and sidewalks – so we have a road that looks better and drives better.”

“We certainly really appreciate the businesses adjacent and the downtown, their patience and understanding of the project,” Seiz said.

“We’re really grateful to many of them for that”– Staff Reports

Web Archive

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