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In light of the increased car breakins at Oak Ridge Town Park, is the Town of Oak Ridge working on adding security personnel during park operating hours?

Why has NCDOT not installed a smart traffic light at N.C. 68 and Leabourne Road?

When we are traveling on N.C. 68 we often have to stop at the light, but no one is coming in the other direction. It is frustrating, and with gas prices these days it is also expensive. The signal is currently under construction as a result of the new development on the east side of N.C. 68, confirmed Bobby Norris, a district engineer with NCDOT’s regional office in Greensboro.

“With this modification, it is very likely the activation loops may be disconnected while under construction and they are defaulting to the maximum allowable timing set up in the programming for each phase,” Norris wrote in an email to the Northwest Observer. “The signal is connected to all of the other loops by way of fiber optics to help the signals communicate with each other and work at the maximum efficiency.”

Norris asked that those driving in this area be patient, and said the signal timing “will be functioning properly very soon.”

Vehicle break-ins at Oak Ridge Town Park don’t happen with any regularity, but they do happen from time to time, acknowledged Oak Ridge Town Manager Bill Bruce when we reached out to him with this reader’s question.

“We encourage park visitors to always lock vehicle doors and place any valuables in the trunk or otherwise out of sight, as most break-ins occur where items are visible,” Bruce wrote in an email response. “We do not have plans for additional security personnel, but we encourage visitors to report any suspicious behavior to the sheriff’s department or to a Town employee.”

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