I've had this draft post open for more than a week after writing Part 1 trying to summarize what we've learned so far and potential next steps only for things to keep changing with further communication with the City. Here then are some key things we have learned after a few months of research and communication with the City. There is a lot of additional context and links to sources that could be added but I think the potential next steps have become clearer so I want to get this post out and move on to Part 3 covering next steps. The relevant location is in Council District E and the Council Member is David Knight (an email earlier in the year to Mr Knight put us in touch with City of Raleigh staff who have helped guide us including by making contact with colleagues who helped expedite the painting/repainting of road markings on Ponderosa and Jefffreys Grover School Rd These are NCDOT maintained roads. Some properties are in Wake County enclaves that technically are not Cit...
There is a persistent problem of WRONG‐WAY drivers on Jeffreys Grove School Road near Jeffreys Grove Magnet Elementary School during carpool In the past month (through Oct 4 th 2021) three JGMES parents were able to photograph 9 WRONG‐WAY drivers . Anecdotally, this is a daily issue You can help . Please take photos (when stopped and safe to do so) or share dashcam footage any time you see a WRONG‐WAY driver (or another safety issue) to help us document the scale of the problem to communicate with the Raleigh Police Department and others This information gathering effort is currently coordinated by concerned JGMES parents You can see more details including photos we have collected in the Wrong-way driver slide deck on Google Drive (link opens in a new window) We are engaged with (but do not represent) the JGMES PTA, school or district leadership, the city councilor for District E and the City of Raleigh Our information gathering is initially targeted at a discussion with the ...
A white Fiat 500 FHZ-1083 seen cruising the wrong way down the road past the car pool line at 3:39pm Wednesday October 12th 2022 which is, ironically, Walk/Bike to School Day.
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