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What are all these projects he is posting? They are part of the I87 plan right? If not why on earth are we building freeways in middle of nowhere.... this just isnt right.
Those aren't necessarily projects but more of a wish list for future projects. Those are long range transportation plans (each county has a Comprehensive Transportation Plan).
Take a look at R-5311 and they will be really doing it in about like 5 years or so. They want to continue towards Pitt County and the Virginia state line. This is officially an freeway design.
What are all these projects he is posting? They are part of the I87 plan right? If not why on earth are we building freeways in middle of nowhere.... this just isnt right.
There are a lot of reasons. In the past, it’s mostly been because a prominent legislator or one of their close friends (and I guess money can buy friendship at that level) had land nearby that was suddenly more developable once it had good access. Now, as mentioned, they are trying to connect larger cities and also to provide additional employment centers, factory sites and opportunities throughout the state. And that’s a laudable goal, but I do think often it has come at the expense of keeping roads up to date in the areas of the state that pay for it all.
The big advantage that the future interstate corridors have in eastern NC is that the majority of it is upgrading existing highways as opposed to building entirely new interstates from scratch for their entire lengths (bypasses notwithstanding). Considering that it's usually cheaper to upgrade an existing highway than to build an entirely new one, I doubt the urban areas will take as much of a hit in the wallet than they otherwise would've, especially with the NCDOT scoring formula that's being used now.
NCDOT is hosting an upcoming public meeting on December 7 in Princeton to discuss upgrading US-70 to interstate standards between the western end of the Goldsboro Bypass and Holts Lake just west of Princeton.
A $130.5 million project to bring U.S. 70 up to freeway standards will be the subject of a Dec. 7, public meeting at Grace Baptist Church in Princeton. The time has not yet been announced.
The plan calls for U.S. 70 to be upgraded from the west end of the new U.S. 70 Bypass to Holts Lake in Johnston County by eliminating at-grade intersections and driveway connections.
Jiles Harrell, N.C. Department of Transportation District 3 engineer, provided an update on that project and several others Wednesday during the Wayne County Transportation Committee meeting at the Goldsboro Event Center.
"What we are going to do (at the meeting), we will show the overall plan, what we are looking to do on that piece of the (U.S. 70) corridor," Harrell said. "At certain interchanges, strategic places, we may have some alternates that need to be considered.
"So we are seeking public opinion on those alternates. We have a couple of interchange alternatives that we are going to look at for Princeton itself, and then they will get to see where we are proposing to have an additional interchange between the end of the bypass and Princeton."
Maps at the meeting also will show service road tie-ins, Harrell said.
"It is going to be fully controlled access," he said. "It will be up to Interstate standards when we do that project. We hope to be moving toward construction in 2022 providing we can get everything straightened out and together."
Comments from the public will be used as the state moves forward with design, Harrell said.
I've questioned the need for spending millions of dollars adding full shoulders to meet "Interstate standards" on some of these rural freeways, but then I witnessed a near-incident a few weeks back. I crested a hill and/or came around a curve on US 64 east of Plymouth when there was a tractor-trailer completely stopped in the right lane. Another tractor-trailer locked up avoiding the situation and other vehicles.
The reason the tractor-trailer was stopped in the travel lane is because there isn't enough fill along the highway to make a flat shoulder (Google Street View example). Plus the soil is probably soft. If he'd pulled off the road, he would have likely rolled over. Although he could have at least attempted to pull off a little bit....
Fortunately there is so little traffic out there that it didn't become an incident (at least then), but it made me realize that not having full shoulders can sometimes make for a nasty situation.
NCDOT is hosting an upcoming public meeting on December 7 in Princeton to discuss upgrading US-70 to interstate standards between the western end of the Goldsboro Bypass and Holts Lake just west of Princeton.
State transportation officials are seeking public comment on plans for upgrading sections of U.S. 70 in Wayne and Johnston Counties into interstate standards.
The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold an informal open house from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7, at Grace Baptist Church at 220 Barden St. in Princeton, where the public may learn more about the $130.5 million proposed project and offer comments.
The 6.7-mile section of U.S. 70 that would be improved is between the U.S. 70 Goldsboro Bypass in Wayne County and west of Pondfield Road in Johnston County. The project would potentially include three new interchanges with overpasses and ramps, as well as new service roads. More information as it becomes available will be posted on the NCDOT website.
The deadline to submit comments is Jan. 8, 2018.
To send comments, or seek additional information about the proposed project, the public may contact Debbie Barbour, a consultant project engineer, at Debbie.Barbour@kisingercampo.com or 919-882-7839, ext. 5101; or Matt Clarke, NCDOT project engineer for Division 4, at wmclarke@ncdot.gov, P.O. Box 3165, Wilson N.C., 27895 or 252-640-6419.
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