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🌱 Price Climbing for Road Projects + Five Points Study To Begin
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Happy Take a Wild Guess Day Raleigh!
First, today's weather:
Partly sunny and beautiful. High: 73 Low: 49.
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Here are the top five stories in Raleigh today:
- A missing child was rushed to the hospital after being located in the community swimming pool. The 3-year-old was reported missing, and found shortly after the search was set up. The young boy was taken to the hospital in critical condition from the near-drowning. (CBS17, abc11, WRAL)
- The City of Raleigh has committed to several road projects that will improve safety and reduce congestion, but the cost of inflation is hindering progress. The widening of Six Forks Road north of the North Hills area was originally expected to cost $31.3 million, but within the last few months that has increased by $22 million. The city is citing the increasing construction costs and rising real estate values. (WRAL)
- Last year, the City of Raleigh set aside $325,000 to study possible solutions to the traffic in the Five Points area. In the last 4 years, there have been 248 crashes that left 74 injured and 1 dead. A kickoff meeting for the study is scheduled for April 19 from 7:00pm-8:30pm at Hayes Barton Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Until a more permanent solution is found, the city has deployed more police with radar guns to catch speeders and installed lights to alert drivers to slow down. (CBS17)
- A ramp lane on the Triangle Expressway was closed after the discovery of a body around 7:00am Thursday. The ramp near Exit 56-B to U.S. Highway 1 was closed until around 9:00am while authorities investigated the death. No other information has been made available to the public at this time. (WRAL)
- The Biden administration has decided to extend the mask mandate for transportation until May 3. CBS17 spoke to patrons of GoRaleigh and Amtrak, and found that a majority of those polled were happy to see the requirement continue. One GoRaleigh rider pointed out that riders are often sick on the buses, and he finds the masks beneficial in the close quarters. (CBS17)
Today in Raleigh:
- Red Ecstatic Return Full Moon Spring at Dorothea Dix Park (6:00pm-9:00pm)
- Arabian Nights Open Mic Night at The Poetry Lounge (7:00pm-10:00pm)
- Rick's Cabaret Weekends with Animal (7:00pm-2:00am)
- After Dark Event Weekend Date Night at The State Fair Kerr Scott Building (8:00pm-10:30pm)
- A House Party at The Outpost (8:00pm-2:00am)
From my notebook:
- It's Take a Wild Guess Day and if you want to make a wild guess, the North Carolina Power Ball's jackpot has reached $325 million. (FOX Carolina)
- As prices continue to rise, you might start to see inflation in bakeries with ingredients like butter and flour higher than usual. (Spectrum News 1)
- 17-year-old Amaya Williams has worked tirelessly throughout her academic career and earned nearly $1 million in scholarships and acceptance to more than 10 schools. (WNCT9)
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— CJ Fullford