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DOT now has both Hillsborough Street AND Beryl closed - there's no way to get past the fairgrounds without detouring to Western Blvd (1.6 miles and two long traffic lights). God help you if you're on a bicycle.

The Hillsborough street detour is not much better - it adds 1.4 miles to go around the DOT construction.

Is it possible to get better signage on these detours? To swap stop signs for yield signs at right turns where the road is closed on the left? To list how long the roads will be closed? To identify temporary alternate safe bike routes (maybe using private drives)?

I realize that NC DOT is not equipped to communicate effectively in these situations, but perhaps the city can step up and ease some of this pain. Beryl and Hillsborough streets are (were) a major East/West corridor, and Wade Avenue continues to be a construction site.