NCDOT 75% plan

NCDOT has completed what they term a 75% plan for the N. Highland Lake Road project (U-5887). They anticipate having a 90% plan available in May 2020.

Hendersonville Lightning: More on Flat Rock council races

. . . In addition to Weedman's District 1 seat, the District 3 council seat held by John Dockendorf will be open because Dockendorf has announced he won't run for re-election. Ginger Brown, the District 2 incumbent, plans to file for re-election, Mayor Bob Staton said. Mayor since 2007, Staton has announced he is not...

Hendersonville Lightning: Weedman running for Flat Rock mayor

Nick Weedman, a member of the Flat Rock Village Council since 2003 and the current vice mayor, announced on Thursday that he is running for mayor. . . Continue reading

Village budget public hearing tomorrow

Tomorrow (June 13) there will be a public hearing on the village budget for fiscal year 2019/2020 at the regular Flat Rock village council meeting, which starts at 9:30 a.m. You can see the draft budget here.

Stay or go?

Current NCDOT plans for N. Highland Lake Road (U-5887) call for the removal of the Highland Golf Villas stone wall and the two large oak trees that mark the entrance to Highland Golf Drive. These are just a few of the many trees that will be cut down for the N. Highland Road project. While...

Flat Rock and NCDOT SPOT 6.0

Remember this from the Flat Rock village council FAQ on the N. Highland Lake Road project? Question: Is this [the N. Highland Lake Road project] the beginning of NCDOT’s plans to widen other roads in Flat Rock such as Greenville Highway and Little River Road? Response from the Flat Rock village council: No. Any rumors...

Budget public hearing June 13

At the June 13 regular Flat Rock village council meeting, which starts at 9:30 a.m., there will be a public hearing on the village budget for fiscal year 2019/2020. The fiscal year runs from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020. The council must pass a budget by the end of the month to comply...

PARTF conversion vote

At the conclusion of yesterday's public meeting on the PARTF conversion in the Park at Flat Rock, the Flat Rock village council voted 4 to 1 in favor of a resolution requesting permission from the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) to remove property from the park for use by NCDOT. Council Member...

Tomorrow (Monday, June 3) at 9:30 a.m., the Flat Rock village council will hold a public meeting on their PARTF conversion request for the N. Highland Lake Road project (NCDOT U-5887).

Coffee with a transportation planner, recap

Thank you to Tristan Winkler and Nick Kroncke, both with the French Broad River MPO, along with AARP's Rebecca Chaplin, for this morning's Coffee with a Transportation Planner event, held on the back porch of the Flat Rock Village Bakery. This get-together was a great opportunity to talk directly with those who deal every day...

On the PARTF conversion

Letter from CLG sent to the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and the Village of Flat Rock on our opposition to the PARTF conversion process in the Park at Flat Rock for NCDOT project U-5887: Re: PARTF conversion in the Park at Flat Rock (NCDOT project U-5887) The Cultural Landscape Group:Flat Rock (CLG)...

Deadline May 29

Tomorrow (May 29) is the last day to submit comments on the PARTF conversion process at the Park at Flat Rock. Background: The Village of Flat Rock is requesting from the State of North Carolina that they be allowed to remove property from the Park at Flat Rock for use by NCDOT for the N. Highland...

Coffee with a transportation planner

Over the past year, the French Board River MPO has started public outreach sessions to explain how transportation is handled in western North Carolina. On Thursday, May 30, the MPO will hold a session at the Flat Rock Village Bakery (2710 Greenville Highway) starting at 10:00 a.m. From the MPO Facebook page:  Have questions about...

T-N editorial: DOT communication needs work

"N.C. Department of Transportation officials had plenty of opportunities to inform the public they had scaled back a project on N.C. 191, eliminating extended turn lanes at two schools. They didn’t, and it will stoke suspicions among residents who oppose plans to widen the highway. . . Opponents of the widening argue that four lanes...

T-N: Turn lane extensions dropped until 2022 widening

Draw your own conclusions. From the Times-News: "The Highway 191 improvement project in front of West Henderson High and Rugby Middle schools is finally complete, with one thing missing — extended turn lanes the public was promised in March 2018. The turn lane work was eliminated at some point during the 14 months of on-again,...

PARTF and the park

The Village of Flat Rock is requesting from the State of North Carolina that they be allowed to remove property from the Park at Flat Rock for use by NCDOT for the N. Highland Lake Road project (U-5887). As part of that process, the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) requires that the...

Hendersonville Lightning: County commissioners endorse NC 191 widening

Although the commissioners took no vote, no one expressed opposition to the project and Hawkins said after the presentation that the board favored moving ahead. . . Continue reading

Hendersonville Lightning: NC 191 widening opponents hope for a Balfour-like outcome

Opponents of the four-lane N.C. 191 widening project are hoping Henderson County commissioners take their side when the board hears from the top NCDOT engineer for the southwestern corner of the state. . . . “We now have over 2,000 signatures of residents who petition you to instruct the NCDOT to abandon their current plan...