Spring R’Bout Could Help Town

Published 12:00 am Sunday, September 29, 2013

Now, it appears the roundabout on U.S. 158 entering Bermuda Run won’t happen until spring 2014. Town Manager Lee Rollins talked about the possibility of starting construction in the fall on the long-awaited roundabout in the August Town Council meeting. However, after last Tuesday’s monthly gathering in September at Town Hall, Rollins said that the approaching winter season and DOT’s schedule precluded that from happening. “It really is not a delay,” Rollins said. “This is our first project in federal funds with DOT. We contracted with an engineer and were advised that we were not going to make the deadline for DOT review. They’ve got a blackout period from Dec. 1 to March 15 …