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Blue Ridge Parkway: Craggy Dome and sobriety checkpoints

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
The Asheville Citizen-Times is reporting that the Craggy Dome parking area at Milepost 364 on the Blue Ridge Parkway will be closed 8 a.m. today through 6 p.m. Thursday for a repaving project.

Speaking of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Rangers conducted two sobriety checkpoints last weekend in the Asheville area in conjunction with the Asheville Police Department, the Asheville Arboretum, Biltmore Forest, and the North Carolina Breath Alcohol Testing Unit (BAT Mobile - not a joke).

Approximately 500 vehicles drove through the two checkpoints, resulting in four DUI arrests and one public intoxication arrest, nine cases involving drugs and/or paraphernalia, and approximately 30 other traffic offenses. On Saturday night, a vehicle stop made early in the checkpoint resulted in a significant interagency investigation into several felonies that had occurred both on the parkway and in the city of Asheville.

Wow! This is on just one weekend! Imagine how many drunks and doped-up drivers are out there on the BRP on any given day. The thought is even more comforting for cyclists...


Jeff
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