Drivers express concern about deteriorating road markings on I-95
TRANSFERS CAME FROM THE NORTH
CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
>> SOME DRIVERS IN EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA ARE CALLING ON
95 DANGEROUS. THEY SAY IN SOME
SECTIONS OF THE ROAD MARKINGS
OF DETERIORATED AND LEADING TO
LOW VISIBILITY, ESPECIALLY IN
BAD WEATHER. THE BUREAU'S HEIDI
KIRK ASKED THE DOT WHAT THEY'RE
DOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
>> DANI FARRINGTON SAYS HE DOES
EVERYTHING HE CAN TO AVOID
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95.
MOST TIMES, IF I HAVE TO GO
SAY WILL SMITH SOMEWHERE YOU GO
HIGHWAY 58.
FLORIDA, SOME OF THE BACK ROAD
IN MY DAD SOMETIME FROM HIS
HOME AND DORTCHES. BUT HE SAID
HE DOESN'T FEEL SAFE OUT ON THE
INTERSTATE THERE SPOTS THAT IF
IT RAINS, YOU CANNOT SEEING
NO LINES. ARRINGTON SAYS HE'S
BEEN WATCHING THESE ROAD
MARKINGS DETERIORATE FOR YEARS.
CASEY, THERE'S LEARNS. THEN
YOU CAME TO WHERE YOU'RE AT.
HE TELLS US THE WORST HE'S
NOTICED OR FROM DORTCHES TO
ROANOKE RAPIDS. WE SPENT ABOUT
AN HOUR OUT ON THOSE ROADS
CAPTURING THIS VIDEO. A
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE NC DOT
SAYS HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES IN
DIRECT SUNLIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO
THIS CRACKING AND FADING.
WHAT LIKELY THE MOST RECENT
DETERIORATION CAME FROM.
THE SNOW PLOWS AND HIS RECENT
STORM. THAT SPOKESPERSON FOR
THE TEA DUTY SAID THERE IS SOME
GOOD NEWS TO SHARE HERE.
THEY HAVE ACTIVE CONTRACTS
UNDER WAY ALREADY FOR RE
STRIPING HERE ON 95. SOME OF
THOSE PROJECTS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN COMPLETED AND OTHERS WILL
BEGIN THIS SPRING.
>> THE NC DOT SAYS THEY HAVE
TO PASS PROJECTS.
COLD TEMPERATURES. DRIVERS WANT
TO SEE THIS DONE BEFORE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. 95 IS ONE
OF THE
MOST MAJOR.
>> NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDOR IS ON
THE EAST COAST. AND IF YOU
CASEY, THE LINES OR SCHOOL
HAPPEN.
>> WRAL NEWS.
2 WEEKS AGO WE TOLD US SIMILAR
CONCERNS FROM DRIVERS ON THE
BELTLINE IN WAKE COUNTY.
>> WE ASKED THE DOT FOR AN
UPDATE ON RE STRIPING. THE BELT
LINE. A SPOKESPERSON TOLD US
THEY'VE IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT
NEED REACH STRIPING AND THEY'RE
WAITING FOR WARMER WEATHER TO
BEGIN THOSE PROJECTS. YOU CAN
HEAR DRIVERS CONCERNS AND THE
DOT IS RESPONSE TO OUR INITIAL