(Collector) South of NE Maynard Road

Cary received citizen-initiated applications for traffic calming along Gregory Drive.  This corridor connects several neighborhoods to the Maynard loop to the north and Chapel Hill to the south (via Sorrell Street).  A concept design is currently being developed for traffic calming that will help reinforce the residential nature of this community while still supporting the vehicle traffic and emergency access commensurate with a Collector Street.

Cary has responded to traffic safety concerns from community members by evaluating Gregory Drive for traffic calming.  This evaluation, presented and discussed in the Traffic Data Summary posted to the Supporting Documents section, resulted in an initial recommendation by staff for traffic calming. 

As a Collector Street, access to Gregory Drive is mostly limited to local street intersections with fewer direct residential driveway connections than a "typical" residential street.  This supports the roadway context as a higher order facility (as compared to a local street) that supports connectivity, emergency vehicle access and helps relieve congestion on larger thoroughfares.  Traffic calming devices like speed humps can be incorporated into Collector Streets strategically and when necessary to moderate vehicle speeds through areas that are more residential in context.

Cary staff are developing traffic calming concepts that can be implemented along Gregory Drive.  Upon completion, the design for this corridor will be available for review and input from all interested citizens.  Project updates will be posted here as they become available and all are encouraged to provide input directly using the email link below. 

Cary staff are happy to meet directly with community representatives as we move through this process.