Westbound I-40 in West Raleigh will be squeezed into a single lane at night, starting tonight, as NCDOT begins a project to widen a 6-mile stretch of I-40 from four to six lanes.
Tonight's work starts near the Jones Franklin Road overpass at the eastern end of the project, and moves west toward Wade Avenue. The work will continue at night from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. weekdays, until 9 a.m. Saturdays and until 10 a.m. Sundays.
The contractor is installing barriers on the grassy median, where most of the work will take place. While the barriers are being installed, the left or inner lane of westbound I-40 will be closed. The project is to be completed in June 2011.
You can check traffic conditions on the I-40 project online at or by dialing 511.
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Bruce Siceloff reports on traffic and transportation. A News & Observer reporter and editor since 1976, he took over the 
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RE: NEW CONSTRUCTION OF I-40 TO SIX LANES
Tue, 08/11/2009 - 01:46 — beachbum3I FEAR THAT THIS TO WILL IN ALL PROBABLITY END UP JUST BEING ANOTHER SCREWED UP NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SECTION OF I-40 FOR IN ALL LIKELYHOOD AN THAT SCREWED UP PROJECTS OF THIS NATURE WILL UTLIMATELY CONTINUE TO HAPPEN UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THAT THE NCDOT ONCE AGAIN BEGINS TO ALLOW STATE HIRED STATE INSPECTORS TO RETURN TO THE DAYS OF YESTERYEARS WHEN STATE INSPECTORS WERE ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO DO THEIR JOBS AN THAT BEING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE NCDOT STATE HIGHWAY SPECEFICIATIONS FOR ROADS & BRIDGES.AN UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THAT THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE I FEAR THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE BAD ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION BY THIS STATES HIGHWAY CONTRACTORS WITH CONTINUED FAILING PAVEMENTS AN JUST BAD ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TAKING PLACE IN GENERAL
ALL CAPS hard to read ..
Fri, 08/14/2009 - 12:08 — BruceSiceloff (author)Thanks for your thoughts, beachbum3. If you would disengage the CAPS LOCK key next time, your words would be easier to read.