It has been 24 years since the 'cross town' higway - known as Signal Hill Road was constructed by the North Carolina Department of Transportation in requests by local civic leaders. It was seen by this group as a way to 'shortcut' traffic coming and going from the busy Highway 64 East (aka Four Seasons Boulevard) to and from Higway 25, known as the Asheville Highway.
It has well lived up to it's 'moniker' and carries hundreds, if not thousands of vehicles daily along this route.
NCDOT has not released any official 'traffic counts' on this road but are quick to say it is one of the fastest growing roads, traffic wise, in the area.
More traffic always computes into more accidents, one of which occurred on Monday morning at the intersection of Signal Hill Road and Linda Vista Drive, another heavily traveled road, an extension to Signal Hill Road from Four Seasons Boulevard.
If traffic and collisons are any indicator of signal lights, NCDOT will surely install one at this busy intersection in the near future.
