Atlantic Avenue/Litchford Road map it
Atlantic Avenue was a corridor originally planned for a badly needed North/South Expressway. The debate in the early 70′s revolved around the destruction of a few Oakwood houses (I’ll have to do some digging through N&O articles to get the details) . Eventually the neighborhood groups won and the project disintegrated. In the 1980′s the City connected several minor roads to create Atlantic Avenue, a corridor that was to be a "parkway" of sorts. That idea didn’t survive as the corridor is now lined with (mostly) ugly businesses and lacks charactor.
Problem: At its northern end (at Spring Forest Rd), Atlantic secretly becomes Litchford Road. Litchford is an old country road that connects to Falls of Neuse north of I-540.
The secret name change is another example of a single Raleigh Street with two names. If one knew that a business on Litchford Road were actually on the same road as Atlantic Ave, he or she would have an easier time finding one’s destination.
Solution: Rename Litchford Road to "Atlantic Avenue".
Here we go again. Yup, it’s good as done just by changing the green sign at every street corner.