Port City News - Tue June 14, 2022
NCDOT's 10-Year Plan Could Fund Hundreds of Projects in Wilmington Area
The construction of a bike lane in Carolina Beach, an extension of Wilmington's Independence Boulevard, a new taxiway at the city's international airport, the widening of Gordon Road — these projects are just a few of the 116 building efforts, with an estimated value of $1.5 billion, slated for the southeastern coastal area over the next decade, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)....
North Carolina Department of Transportation - Tue May 31, 2022
VIDEO: NCDOT Equips State Roads With Cutting-Edge Flood-Warning System
When the next hurricane strikes North Carolina, the state will be armed with an advanced flood-warning system that relies on a network of 400 river and stream gauges. In making the announcement May 23, the state's Department of Transportation (NCDOT) said on its website that the new system will allow the agency for the first time to analyze, map and communicate in real-time any flood risks to roads, bridges and culverts....
Port City Daily - Thu April 07, 2022
NCDOT Outlines Approach to Replace Wilmington's Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
In February, Wilmington, N.C., government officials revisited the city's alternative funding options for the replacement of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, a contentious topic that straddles the line between necessity and unfavorable financing options....
Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Thu March 03, 2022
NCDOT Constructing Interstate Bypass at Rockingham to Reduce Congestion
Recognizing the need to preserve the physical quality of interstate roadways in Richmond County, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has embarked on a multiyear project constructing an access-controlled, four-lane, median-divided freeway on United States 74 Business interchange west of Rockingham to Harrington Road....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu November 11, 2021
NC's $1.7B Northern Beltway Faces Another Decade of Construction
One of North Carolina's largest and most complex road projects has been ongoing since December 2014 and, although a few sections have been opened, its final completion date will still not occur until sometime in the 2030s....
Raleigh News & Observer - Thu October 21, 2021
NCDOT to Widen, Raise I-95 Through Lumberton to Prevent Floods
Torrential rain from Hurricane Matthew in 2016 sent the Lumber River over its banks onto Interstate 95 in Lumberton, N.C., closing the East Coast's main north-south highway for several days. Just two years later, it happened again after Hurricane Florence....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 14, 2021
NCDOT Calls On Lane Construction to Improve I-440 With $365M Project
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is overseeing a $365 million undertaking known as the I-440 and Blue Ridge Road project. The improvements to I-440, between just south of Walnut Street in Cary and north of Wade Avenue in Raleigh, are being made to improve traffic flow, access and efficiency....
CEG - Tue July 27, 2021
NC I-26 Interchange for Pratt & Whitney Site Could Cost Up to $35M
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is fast-tracking a new interchange on Interstate 26 south of Asheville as part of the economic development package surrounding the new $650 million Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine parts plant currently under construction....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 10, 2021
NCDOT Widens Strategic Highway
In an effort to improve traffic, construction crews in North Carolina are working on a stretch of I-40 from Raleigh to the I-40/NC 42 interchange in Clayton. The $360 million project was designed to help ease congestion and delays, make travel safer throughout the area and better accommodate motorists due to future growth....
Charlotte Observer - Wed June 02, 2021
VIDEO: Controlled Demolition Blows Center Span of Old Outer Banks Bridge
The last remaining center span of one of North Carolina's most famous bridges went up in smoke and flying debris on May 27 as part of a controlled explosion. Contractors blasted the final remaining horizontal section of the old Herbert C....
