And I just know she is somewhere in heaven chasing chickens once again. Margie Richards is a reporter and office manager for The Madison County Journal. Frankly Speaking Highway project raises concerns at Dogsboro intersection Recently announced plans to rebuild U.S. 29 from Dogsboro to Danielsville caused me to revisit an old concern, the Dogsboro intersection. When the road is an open access route, as this will be, high speed and merging traffic will create very dangerous driving conditions. Speeding cars and trucks fail to stop at traffic lights, or overrun slower traffic.
Private vehicles intermingle with heavy truck traffic, creating other problems.
Especially dangerous are left turns through oncoming traffic. These same problems already exist at Dogsboro, even though the expressway reverts back to a two-lane road to the north. They are only slightly mitigated by the need to slow for the two-lane road just past the intersection. Building four lanes to the north will cause more motorists to pass through the intersection at high speeds. While the DOT is working on design for Hwy.