Source: The Fayetteville Observer, N.迷你倉最平C.Dec. 16--Construction on a long-awaited Chick-fil-A store on Raeford Road near Haymount could begin early next year, the developer of the site says.Last week, Fayetteville developer Joe Riddle cleared one last important hurdle when the N.C. Department of Transportation approved a driveway permit allowing the store's parking lot to have limited access to Raeford Road.The 1.25-acre site is along the intersection of Raeford Road and Purdue Drive, across from the Highland Centre shopping center anchored by Harris-Teeter.Riddle, who bought the land and cleared it of older buildings, said an official with the Chick-fil-A corporate office in Atlanta has told him construction is scheduled to start after the holidays."Now, they are talking about January," said Riddle, who will retain ownership of the land after the store is built and opened.The new restaurant will give Chick-fil-A four locations in Fayetteville. The others are on Skibo Road, Ramsey Street and in Cross Creek Mall.Tommy Arnold, the chain's local franchisee, said earlier this year that he expected construction to begin after the start of the new year. He could not be reached for comment this morning. He owns the Chick-fil-As on Skibo Road and in the mall.At a Fayetteville City Council meeting last week, Mayor Nat Robertson asked Scott Shuford, the city's development services director, if the city was holding up construction of the new Chick-fil-A. Shuford said no, adding that Riddle and company officials were waiting on permission from the state Department of Transportation to have access to a busy Raeford Road.Robertson, who w迷你倉s elected in November, had campaigned on wanting to ease some of the city's development rules and speed up the permitting and planning process for developers.Greg Burns, a division engineer in Fayetteville for the state Department of Transportation, said his office gave preliminary approval last year to allow the new store to have what's called a "right in, right out" access to Raeford Road. The state granted final approval for that access last week.With such a design, which is common in heavily congested areas, traffic going east on Raeford Road will be allowed to enter the new Chick-fil-A's parking lot; and people leaving the store will be allowed only to turn right onto Raeford Road.The store's other access will be on Breezewood Avenue, off Purdue Drive.The company will be required to install a small, plastic median strip on Raeford Road to discourage left-hand turns into the business.A detailed site plan from the city shows the limited access to Raeford Road that Burns described; and a Chick-fil-A with dual drive-through lanes that merge into a single lane; and 65 parking spaces. Driveway cuts along Purdue Drive that are no longer used since the demolition of several buildings will have to be removed. The project will require Chick-fil-A to install crosswalks, with pedestrian signal boxes, at the intersection of Purdue Drive and Raeford Road.Staff writer Andrew Barksdale can be reached at barksdalea@fayobserver.com or 486-3565.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.) Visit The Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.) at .fayobserver.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage
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