I want to spend some time to make a few posts about some of the capital projects that are funded this year. I’ll start with Jessie Drive.
We’re putting an additional $1.5m towards the project this year for design, and we’re scheduled for $4.3m next year. It was funded by the 2021 Transportation Bond.
So what is it? The official description:
This project upgrades an existing section of Jessie Drive from west of Ten Ten Road to the Horton Park development boundary using half of a 4-lane divided roadway with 10′ side path on both sides and increasing to the ultimate 4-lane width in advance of Ten Ten Road. The Horton Park development will extend Jessie Drive west to the future Production Drive and a collector street south to Colby Chase Drive. The Apex Commerce Center project will extend Production Drive south to Jessie Drive, providing local connectivity north and south.
So, in short, once fully complete Jessie Drive will connect TenTen road and US 55, providing some vital direct connectivity between two major roadways that currently is really hard to navigate between. It should provide some traffic relief to both roads because and the intersections between them.
Phase II is scheduled for design in 26/27 with full construction in the “future”, and not yet funded.
The full project page can be found here: https://www.apexnc.org/1852/Jessie-Drive-Improvements-and-Extension
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