RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. — Drivers are complaining about several crashes at the intersection of Mamie May Road and Bull Run Creek Road in Randolph County.
They're frustrated with a blind intersection —but change is coming.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is looking to make improvements to the problematic intersection.
In every direction, you see the intersection of Mamie May and Bull Run Creek. You'll notice blind spots. Especially over these hills.
It's something that concerns those who live around here-- and cross this intersection often.
But it comes with good news. The NCDOT said they will install two more stop signs before the summer is over.
A handful of people know someone personally who was involved in a wreck at the intersection.
Curtis Conner lives only a few miles down the road near Bethany Church Road and Worthville Road. He said about a year ago, the road was turned into a four-way stop, and it's helped traffic there.
"A four-way stop would be great; they did it on the road I live on, and so, I think it would be great for this neighborhood because there are a lot of elderly people that live here, and their reaction time is not as good as it should be, mine isn't either so it would just be a good place for a four-way-stop," Connor said.
Neighbors like Jamie Callicutt said the intersection has been dangerous for years and welcome the change.
"My kids, we live down the road here on Mamie May, and as we pull out, you cannot see from this direction, and by the time you pull out here, cars are flying, going 55 miles an hour through here, it's dangerous both ways, there are blind spots," Callicutt expressed.
Callicutt isn't alone. Tommy Owen has lived in this area for over three decades. He has to cross this intersection with a large tractor-trailer, sometimes up to twenty times a day.
"It's just dangerous for cars and me both because I'm trying to cross the roads, especially when I have my trailer and the truck and trailer are still on. It takes me a minute to get across the intersection, and when the cars are coming over this hill in this direction, they cannot stop; I mean, they're running 45, 50, 55 mph; there's no way they can stop," Owen shared.
We're working to get a timeline for when this intersection will officially turn into a four-way stop.