It’s standard for median islands to have reflectors, said N.C. Department of Transportation spokeswoman Jennifer Garifo.
But according to Garifo, the N.C. DOT is discovering that these reflectors simply aren’t durable.
“N.C. DOT has started to paint the edges of the islands in areas (where we) have had problems with reflectors not staying in place,” she said. “This is not something that will immediately take place on all islands,” she said, adding that the islands will be painted as needed and as materials are available.
Date posted: October 5, 2010
User-contributed question by:
Maddie
Paint ’em if you can! Many of those islands disappear from sight on rainy nights!
Or at least please consider reflectors around the islands. The new ones on Museum and on George Anderson cannot be seen in rain and even at night.
Seems that the budget for these islands should include marking them. Don’t plan anymore until you can build them completely with some sort of markings. And it seems that there is a booth each year at the state fair or cape fear fair and expo talking about reflectors. The ones on I 40 seem pretty durable. I think the only time I have ever seen any get damaged is when there is some snow and the “snowplows” scrape them off the road.
“Will the concrete divider that marks the path of the Cross-City Trail where it crosses George Anderson Drive be painted a visible color?” was a question from August 23. In that, Cape Fear Paving is supposed to dye the traffic refuge islands. What’s happened with that plan?