Moore County Connect Newsletter #265 7/25/24

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In Today’s Issue

🌤 Moore County NC Weather

📰 Aberdeen Man Injured in Pellet Gun Shooting

📰 Pinehurst Community Engages with NCDOT on Traffic Circle Plans

📰 Pinehurst Traffic Circle Poll by Moore County Connect - Results and Feedback

🤝Local Business Partners

📅Local Events

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Mike Lenzini, Branch Manager

Aberdeen Man Injured in Pellet Gun Shooting

Emergency responders arrived at the 500 block of Bradford Drive in Aberdeen Wednesday afternoon following a reported shooting. A man was found with multiple pellet gun wounds and was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. One suspect was taken into custody by Aberdeen police. See details MooreBreakingNewz.com.

Pinehurst Community Engages with NCDOT on Traffic Circle Plans

The NCDOT discussion meeting held at Pinehurst Elementary school on July 16 welcomed more than 300 residents and was followed by 2 additional meetings, one in Carthage and another in Aberdeen. After the Pinehurst meeting, the Sandhills Sentinel gathered concerns from attendees and submitted them to NCDOT on July 17, receiving responses on July 23. Please read their article containing answers to 18 of the 19 questions submitted at SandhillsSentinel.com. According to the article, all answers from NCDOT are provided exactly how they were submitted back to the Sandhills Sentinel.

Pinehurst Traffic Circle Poll by Moore County Connect - Results and Feedback

Thank you to everyone who participated in the poll yesterday! Here are the results. As you can see, “Improve the circle without destroying the trees or seizine personal property” is the most popular choice.

Some of the many comments collected from our Poll:

“Need to shift flow of so much traffic converging on the same area”

“Leave it ”

“the circle has been a problem for years and no matter what option is presented to Pinehurst then shoot it down. They will not listen to anything. I think the time has come to just get rid of it and start over.”

“Too many accidents to just save a stupid circle. Traffic there is ridiculous. It still can be made beautiful with island plantings and historic looking light polls which is desperately needed. ”

“At most you have to wait 5-6 minutes. Enjoy the time.”

“It only takes 5 minutes to get to the Circle from the entrance to Fairwoods on 7 Rt 15/501 in rus hour traffic. If you enter and travel around the Circle at a speed of 25 Mike's an hour your can let 1 or 2 cars in at each entry. This takes less than a minute. NCDOT says by 2050 it will take 12 minutes. The drive thru line at Starbucks or Chick-filA is longer. The CFI is ugly and it does not appear easy to maneuver for the elderly population of Pinehurst. The current Circle is a beautiful entrance to a charming Village. There is no need to make Pinehurst a metroplex.”

“Beautiful landmark. Drive responsibily. No problem then”

“I do not feel it is fair to use eminent domain to fix the issue since this discussion has been going on for 15 years. When the population started to increase Pinehurst needed to work with NCDot to solve the issue before it got to this fever pitch.”

“Divert traffic from the circle. Bypass system. ”

“Reduce the speed limit.”

Hwy 15-501 Lane Closures on Thursday

Expect land closures along Highway 15-501 between Page Road and NC 73 between the hours of 9am and 3:30pm today, as the work planned for Wednesday was cancelled.

The Town of Cameron Town Hall will be closed July 29-August 2, 2024.

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