Well, Hillsborough Street was reopened (thank you!), but then DOT closed it again today for more excavation. I happened to be heading back through the detour in the opposite direction around 3pm today and there were 28 (twenty-eight!) cars stuck waiting to turn left at Trinity.

At eleven seconds to turn left, maybe 2-3 cars can get through.

28/3 = 9.3 light cycles to clear = more than 16 minutes. Yikes.

Please send someone out to re-clock this light? Please?

Wow, I tried to find another way to report this with NCDOT - web search gave me a phone number but they said Wake county has their own office - could not forward my call. They close at 3:30pm. I left a message.

Here's the number: 919-536-4000

I also tried to submit and online request at the NCDOT website - failed the first time (does not work with Safari), second attempt with a Chrome browser went through. Fingers crossed.

They really don't make this easy!

OK, another piece of the puzzle supplied in the response to my NCDOT report...

Submitted On:2/20/2024

Resolution:This signal is maintained by the City of Raleigh. Please use this web page to report sign and signal concerns to the city of Raleigh: https://raleighnc.gov/services/fix-it-report-it-request-it/citizen-service-request-seeclickfix COR Signs/Markings – (919)996-6608 COR Signals – (919)996-6020

Closed On:2/21/2024
County:Wake
Category:Traffic
Subcategory:Signal malfunction

...and here it is on see click fix since mid-November categorized as 'unaffiliated'. Looks like the city thinks this is not their traffic light. Let's call them now.

Number supplied by NCDOT is to an unidentified (no department) voicemail. Ouch.

Entered another see click fix ticket on the Raleigh city website
https://raleighnc.gov/fix-it-report-it-request-it/services/citizen-service-request-seeclickfix

The area around the fairgrounds and NCSU stadium is windowed out of the city. See click fix will only report an accurate location as unaffiliated. I fudged by checking a city limits GIS site and placing the pin on the edge of the Vet School, and created a new ticket.

While working through the form, the correct contact number for Traffic Light issues was shown:
919-996-3020

(I'm leaving all of these notes here in case someone tries to figure out how to report a similar problem - good luck!)

Closing this. It makes me sad that this potentially useful technology is used to isolate decision-makers from input instead of bringing us together. We just want a better community - can we agree on that?