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The Left lane of Southbound Interstate 85 ends just prior to the bridge for exit 26 Belmont Abby College. The traffic backs up in this area during heavy volume times and people ignore the lane ending signs and wait until the last minute to get over one lane to the right to continue on. Please ask the appropriate authority (NCDOT) to review this area and see if altering the traffic pattern to have the right most lane end at that location or before at exit 27. This would allow the left lanes to be unobstructed to cause the traffic to flow better in this area during times of heavy volume. I would also recommend they look at the amount of accidents reported in that mile or half mile to see if changing the pattern would reduce them by a significant amount.
Thank you for looking into this,