With concept planning happening this year, the project is expected to extend southbound left-turn lanes on Breckinridge Boulevard, add signage on eastbound Pleasant Hill Road to guide traffic to East Liddell Road and Liddell Lane to access Shackleford Road, and construct a new eastbound right-turn lane onto Shackleford Road. Pleasant Hill Road is very congested at this location due to high traffic volumes as it approaches I-85. While longer-term measures are needed to relieve this congestion, several interim improvements can be made.
The extension of the dual left-turn lanes on southbound Breckinridge Boulevard will improve this movement and may allow additional signal time to be dedicated to other phases of the intersection. The right turn movement from eastbound Pleasant Hill Road to Shackleford Road experiences heavy traffic volumes and does not currently have a dedicated turn lane. The right-hand lane addition would allow for better traÂffic flow on Pleasant Hill Road and allow for safer right turns onto Shackleford Road. The addition of signage at the intersection of Pleasant Hill Road and East Liddell Road directing traffic to use East Liddell Road as an alternative route to Shackleford Road may also provide some relief to the Pleasant Hill Road at Shackleford Road intersection.