Traffic shift aims to shorten travel time near Clayton Bypass
Beginning Wednesday, traffic on I-40 West near the Clayton Bypass on ramp will shift one lane to the right in an effort to improve travel time and safety.
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The traffic shift eliminates the third lane that motorists have been using to pass backed up traffic during heavy volume times. Vehicles attempting to merge back into I-40 West traffic from the third lane have been creating additional delays. Engineers hope that the new pattern will improve traffic flow despite closing a lane in that stretch of I-40.
Traffic will shift back to the existing alignment as the third lane ends. The test, which will last about six weeks, could become the permanent pattern if traffic flow improves. North Carolina Department of Transportation workers put portable signs on I-40 West and the Clayton Bypass this week to direct traffic in that area.
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