The east block of Weaver Street could reopen within the week, as the final layer of asphalt was placed on Wednesday.
Pavement marking will occur over the next couple of days, depending on weather conditions, and town officials anticipate that the block will be opened to vehicle traffic sometime next week. Once the east block is open, a portion of the west block from North Greensboro Street to a point between The Red Hen and Provence will be closed. The work is part of in the yearlong project to replace the street’s collapsing roadbed and the 80-year-old sewer line beneath it.
The town may hold a reopening celebration for the east block in which the street would be closed to cars but open to pedestrians and cyclists. For up-to-date information on the celebration, visit carrborogreenspace.org
I for one think it’s a shame that Weaver Street is being reopened to vehicular traffic. Traffic seemed to move just as well – and perhaps better – through Carrboro when it was closed. The partial closing of lanes on Main Street and North Greensboro did slow things up a bit, but not much. By reopening those, whatever disruptions might have been caused by the construction would be largely solved.
Am I wrong? Did closing Weaver Street to vehicular traffic really inconvenience anybody? Is not a wonderful to create a pedestrian/bike-only zone in the heart of heart of Carrboro being missed here?
There’s no way it moved better with it being closed, and you’re forgetting one thing: The students aren’t in town. You close Weaver Street during the school year and it’ll be a nightmare.
You’re definitely wrong. Traffic was terrible on Main St. If you want to ride your bike, go find a bike lane (and stay in it!). There’s plenty of bike lanes in town. John is correct by the way, always gets worse when NC goes back to school.