6/6/05

Holly Springs Celebrates Paving of One of the Last Town-Maintained Gravel Roads

The Town of Holly Springs recently completed paving one of the last Town-maintained gravel roads, Estes Lane. Estes Lane is located at the eastern end of Grigsby Avenue, which runs past Womble Park near downtown Holly Springs.

To celebrate the completion of the paving project, Town staff who worked on the project met briefly at the roadway on Friday, June 10, for a photograph (see below).

“We are very pleased to pave Estes Lane and to accomplish a project that has been requested by the residents for some time,” said Stephanie Sudano, director of the Town's Engineering Department.

Parrish “Ham” Womble, who supported the paving, said that travel along Estes Lane was difficult during inclement weather.

In addition to paving the roadway, the town added drainage pipes to driveways that connect with the road and added a gate at the end of Estes Lane as a safety precaution and to prevent unauthorized access to a dirt path that leads into private property. No trees were removed as part of the project.

Town of Holly Springs - PO Box 8 - 128 South Main Street - Holly Springs, NC 27540 - (919) 552-6221 - Holly.Springs@hollyspringsnc.us