Hillsborough, North Carolina Roadblocks

License check

Hillsborough police and NC Highway Patrol. That location is one of a few locations that can accommodate a larger checkpoint (more officers involved and more time) due to the nature of the road, presence of side streets and lighting. Some other places that they use for the larger checkpoints include 70 and Lakeshore, old 86 at Waterstone, and 86 and Cornerstone. Most of these locations we tend to use on a monthly basis. Just to give you an idea, we do spread our checkpoints around. Some checkpoints last 30 minutes, others may be several hours. A lot depends on other calls and how many officers we have available. ”

That location is one of a few locations that can accommodate a larger checkpoint (more officers involved and more time) due to the nature of the road, presence of side streets and lighting. Some other places used for the larger checkpoints include 70 and Lakeshore, old 86 at Waterstone, and 86 and Cornerstone. Most of these locations we tend to use on a monthly basis. Just to give you an idea, we do spread our checkpoints around. Some checkpoints last 30 minutes, others may be several hours. A lot depends on other calls and how many officers available. ”

Tonight, once again, the Hillsborough police had a roadblock setup in front of the entrance to the Cornwallis Hills neighborhood.
On Old 86 N of the neighborhood entrance was Town of Hillsborough stopping every car going south on old 86. On the S side of the entrance is the NC Highway Patrol stopping evryone going North on old 86.
We were stopped at ~9:30pm on 7/30/2013 attempting to turn into our neighborhood.
We have noticed this as possibly happening much more frequently with the influx of new restaurant and entertainment establishments in downtown Hillsborough.