My understanding is that the property owners (those living on that stretch of Lake Boone Trail and, potentially, the businesses on the service road) would be responsible for paying for at least a portion of the curb and gutter and sidewalk. I think this is why the sidewalk exists in front of the newer houses (I would bet the builders were required to put in the curb and gutter and then just went ahead and put in the sidewalk).

If anyone from the City of Raleigh is reading this, could you please post a link to the necessary steps to get curb, gutter and a sidewalk on the entire length of the Lake Boone Trail/service road begin discussed here? Also, what about speed limit signs?

I just received this response from NCDOT:

"NCDOT will schedule repairs at this location soon. At this point we will only repair safety related issues such as the pothole. We do not currently have plans for resurfacing this road.

Please let me know if you have any further questions."

Brandon Jones
Division Maintenance Engineer

Thank you for the information. City of Raleigh, can you please provide me with two pieces of information:

1. Is NC DOT responsible for both the Lake Boone Trail portion AND the service road portion?
2. Who would be responsible for installing sidewalks? What is the process for having that looked at?

Thank you.

For any neighbors/frequent pedestrians, I have sent the following email to Vickie:

"Vickie,

I live on a small stretch of Lake Boone Trail in Raleigh that turns a corner and becomes a service road for a shopping center. Attached is a picture of one of many pot holes on the road. These pot holes don’t include the crumbling edges of the road. I have been informed by the City of Raleigh that NC DOT is responsible for this road (both the stretch of Lake Boone Trail beginning at Edenburgh Road and the service road). This is a heavily used stretch of road that has become unsafe, both from the speed of traffic, volume of traffic and condition of the road. There also is not a sidewalk that stretches the entire length of the road (although it is unclear whose responsibility adding a sidewalk would be).

Can you please tell me what steps I need to take to start the process by which NC DOT would repave the road? There have been attempts in the past to patch the road, but the repairs fail quickly. Thank you in advance.

Best,
Daniel"

I believe you might find the "service road" is actually Lake Boone Trail, or was before Glenwood was widened. Would require looking at old maps of Raleigh.

The best present solution may be to report all roadway failures, as they happen.

Public Works has provided the following information: Sidewalk Inquiry

Edinburgh Road from Glenwood Avenue to Lake Boone Trail and Lake Boone Trail from Edinburgh Road to Glenwood Avenue are both listed in the “Sidewalk Priority List” approved by Council on1/2/2013 managed by the Office of Transportation Planning. They are ranked #165 and #167 respectively out of 211 projects. Contacts: Eric Lamb and/or Jennifer Baldwin.

Both streets are eligible for improvements through the city’s “Street and Sidewalk Improvement Petition Programs”. Below is a link to information regarding both programs. Improvements through these programs would be by petition of the property owners adjacent to the respective roadways. Because of the lack of curb & gutter along these street sections, sidewalk installation would require street improvements to install curb & gutter, which would result in a street improvement assessment for a portion of the cost of construction levied against the abutting properties ($32 per LF for residentially zoned properties).

Street and Sidewalk Improvement Petitions - The Official City of Raleigh Portal

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