Street Maintenance
As of 2011, there are 27.64 miles of Town streets in Lake Lure.
With 111 miles of roads in the town limits, streets, shoulders, ditches, and right-of-way in town are the responsibility of one of three groups:
- NC Department of Transportation
- The Town of Lake Lure
- Private property owners
Town Streets:
Town streets are those roads, or portions of roads, that appear on our official Powell Bill map submitted annually to the state of North Carolina. These streets have been either officially dedicated, to or accepted by, the town or the town has actively maintained them for years. Most of these are paved, but there are a few town streets with a gravel surface. In some cases, the town may actually have deeded ownership of the land under the road, but in instances, that is not the case. As of 2011, there are 27.64 miles of Town streets in Lake Lure.
The Town will enforce its right of way on all town streets when the town deems it appropriate to do so. Property owners cannot build upon or block the right of way of town streets.
Private Streets:
If a road is not a town street, then in most instances it is a private road. It is owned and maintained collectively by the adjoining property owners and, in many cases, owned collectively by all the lot owners in the subdivision. There may or may not be an owner’s association overseeing maintenance and protection of these rights. It may be up to individual lot owners, singularly or collectively, to enforce those rights in private civil actions. There are approximately 70 miles of private roads in town.
Planned Streets:
If a road was platted and recorded with the Register of Deeds, it will appear on the tax maps—even if it may never have been cut, improved, or maintained. This is a private road.
The town does not enforce right-of-way issues on private streets. If there are disputes over parking, chains, gates—these are issues between neighbors.
The town will not perform maintenance on or along private streets without council approval.
- State Roads in Lake Lure: Memorial Hwy (64/74A), NC 9 Hwy, Buffalo Shoals Road, Buffalo Creek Road. A total of 14.65 miles.
- Examples of Town streets (their full length): Boys Camp Road, Seton Road, Charlotte Drive.
- Examples of Town streets (only a portion): Washburn Road, Proctor Road, Lakeridge, Allen Drive
- Examples of private streets: Mistletoe Park Lane, Caddy Lane, Knight Hollow Way, Garden Lane
- Examples of planned streets: Portions of Marina Drive, Asa Gray, and Pleasant Circle.
Powell Bill: The N.C. Department of Transportation administers the Powell Bill program providing state street aid to qualified, incorporated municipalities within North Carolina.
This funding is used to resurface municipal streets as well as to maintain, repair, build or widen streets, bridges and drainage areas. The Powell Bill can also help municipalities with funds to plan, build and maintain bicycle paths. These projects must fall within a municipal corporate limit to be eligible.
The program is governed by N.C. G.S. 136-41 through 136-41.4, and managed by NCDOT’s Powell Bill Unit.
To learn more about the program visit the following link: https://www.ncdot.gov/divisions/highways/Pages/powell-bill-street-aid.aspx
