NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 9, 2000 CELEBRATION SET FOR DILLARD DRIVE OPENING CARY, NC –This Friday morning, August 11th, officials will gather at the corner of Dillard and Meeting Street, beside Centrum for refreshments, remarks, and a special ribbon cutting highlighted by a parade of weird looking Town vehicles. While the road technically opened to traffic a few weeks ago, Cary leaders are taking advantage of this opportunity to highlight their commitment to improving traffic conditions in and around the Triangle burb. "This roadway improvement will play a significant role in addressing area traffic concerns," said Town of Cary Engineering Services Manager Joe Moore, manager of the project. At just over ½ mile, the widening project cost about $1.3 million, with about $680,000 of that cost being born by the developers of the Centrum shopping center, Buckley Shuler company of Atlanta, as required by Cary’s Adequate Public Facility Ordinance for Roads. This Ordinance and other like it that require developers—not existing citizens--to bear 100 percent of the cost of new or expanding infrastructure to serve their development. A portion of Dillard adjacent to the shopping center from Piney Plains Road to Meeting Street will be closed for the ribbon cutting beginning Friday around 9:00 AM and ending around 11:00 AM. Detours will be in place. This year, Cary has budgeted more than $15 million for transportation improvements including roadway widening, greenways, and bikeways. Cary has budgeted about $500 million transportation improvements over the next 10 years. ###
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Listed Below: Cary Police Department Motorcyclist Cary Police Department Bicyclists and Cruiser Sewer Pump Truck with Sewer Pump Valve Truck with Valve Box Cleaner Sewer Cleanout Truck with High Pressure Tag Along Tractor Trailer with Low-Boy Trailer carrying Tractor with attached Bushhog Cary Fire Department Ladder Truck #3 |
