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By Mike Barnhardt

Enterprise Record

If you’ve ever tried to drive onto North Main Street in Mocksville from Milling Road, you know the problem.

You can’t properly see oncoming traffic from either direction without inching your vehicle forward.

It has been a problem for years.

Making Campbell Road meet with Milling Road was one solution, quickly nixed because of cost and  home displacements.

Another suggestion was a stoplight with turn lanes; and apparently that idea is off the table for now – also because of cost, and because the close to $1 million price would fall solely on the town because it doesn’t qualify per N.C. Department of Transportation standards. While the intersection has been the site of numerous traffic accidents, they weren’t serious enough to meet DOT standards, Town Manager Ken Gamble told town board members earlier this month.

Properties in the area are also part of a historic district, which means even more costs, he said.

Those members endorsed a new idea: a three-way stop. That endorsement will be sent to DOT.

“This will help to slow traffic down,” Gamble said.