Randy Owens

  • 900 Trailwood Drive Raleigh, North Carolina - Southwest
    On the Walnut Creek Greenway (Section 4 I believe) between Centennial Campus and Lake Johnson, there is a section of the trail that requires you to exit onto Trailwood Dr, take a left for about 250', take a right onto Avent Ferry Rd, then back onto the greenway after crossing Walnut Creek. This area is a bit confusing if you are not familiar with the trail system. I have seen many cyclists stopped at the Trailwood Dr. exit with a confused look on their face because it is just not clear where to go next and there are no signs showing the trail at this location. It would be GREAT if a small sign could be erected at the exit point on Avent Ferry and Trailwood which states directions to the next trail segment. For example, at Trailwood, all you need is a small sign with an arrow pointing left that says "Continue Greenway at Centennial Campus - Left 250 ft, Right 300 ft, Right onto Greenway". Or even a simple graphic showing this would do. Similar signage/directions at the Avent Ferry exit showing the way to the Trailwood Dr. entrance would be needed. I am attaching a marked up screenshot to show this better. A BEST CASE solution would be to continue the greenway directly across Trailwood and connect it to the section on Centennial. That seems to be the logical choice, but perhaps the close proximity of the golf course prevented this. Please consider this for improvement of a fantastic greenway system. There will be plenty of NCSU students confused by the fall on this section of the trail!
  • 1400-1436 Steinbeck Drive Raleigh, NC 27609, USA - Falls Of Neuse
    Tree limbs low hanging and impede sidewalk access. Limbs approx 5' above walkway. Must duck when using sidewalk to pass by. Easy access to trim from sidewalk.
  • 3000 Wake Forest Road Raleigh, North Carolina - Six Forks
    When traveling SOUTH on Wake Forest Rd, there are two left turn lanes which provide entry to the inner beltline (S Wake Forest Rd, cross under beltline, turn left to travel on ramp to inner beltline eastern direction). South Wake Forest in this area is three lanes with the leftmost lane marked clearly for access to the I-440 ramp, however traffic tends to queue in BOTH lanes (left and center) on Wake Forest Rd. and this causes backups and sometimes accidents because the center lane is not an access to the turn lanes therefore drivers in the center lane are not expecting a total stop in traffic. What seems to be needed here are some sort of vertical traffic stanchion to block center lane southbound drivers on Wake Forest from trying to access the left turn lanes once they get past the red light at the intersection of Navajo Dr. and Wake Forest Rd. This is a repeated problem every day during afternoon traffic. If drivers turning left would simply queue into the left (center most) lane of southbound Wake Forest, this would allow them to fan into the two turn lanes once they are available. I'm not sure if this should be reported to the City of Raleigh or if this is a NC State issue (state road?). I would greatly appreciate it if you could clarify and pass this along before there are more accidents in this very busy area during afternoon traffic. I have also marked the area of concern in the attached .jpg.
  • Sidewalks Archived
    4166-4198 Wake Forest Road Raleigh, NC 27609, USA - Falls Of Neuse
    Limbs blocking walk as noted in picture.
  • 5714-5778 Lake Wheeler Road Raleigh, North Carolina - Wake County
    Dead deer noticed morning of 7/28 on west side of Lake Wheeler road approx 200 feet south of Freestone Lane