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A public meeting is being held on June 18 in Havelock to discuss upgrading US-70 to interstate standards between Thurman Road in James City and the future US-70 Havelock Bypass.
NEW BERN – Work on upgrading U.S. 70 to interstate status (future I-42) in Craven County will require the closure of the ramp from eastbound U.S. 70 to Tuscarora Rhems Road for two days early next week, weather permitting.
The closure is scheduled to go into effect at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, June 10, and end by 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11.
Drivers who need to access Tuscarora Rhems Road off U.S. 70 East will instead be directed to go an additional 2.6 miles and exit at Clark Road. They should turn left at the stop sign, cross over U.S. 70, then turn left for the ramp for U.S. 70 West. They can then exit onto Tuscarora Rhems Road.
Motorists need to pay extra attention when approaching the ramp closure and follow the detour signs. They should anticipate needing extra time to travel through the area because of the 5.2-mile detour.
NEW BERN – An entrance ramp to a Craven County highway will be closed this weekend so the N.C. Department of Transportation can make improvements to it.
The entrance ramp at Glenburnie Road leading to U.S. 70 West will be closed between 7 a.m. June 29 and 7 p.m. June 30. These dates are weather permitting.
During the closure, NCDOT will remove the top 2.5 inches of existing asphalt and replace it with 2.5 inches of new asphalt.
Motorists accessing U.S. 70 West from Glenburnie Road will turn onto the entrance ramp to U.S. 70 East and continue to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard exit. After exiting the highway, drivers will turn left at the stoplight and continue under the overpass to make another left at the next stoplight. This detour will send drivers to the entrance ramp for U.S. 70 West.
This construction is part of the project to bring U.S. 70 up to interstate standards. Crews are widening shoulders, as well as milling and repaving the highway, which will be renamed Interstate 42. The project in its entirety is 32 miles long and costs $25.5 million.
1. The old Flounders Seafood building on MLK Dr next to U.S. 70 has been demolished. There are construction crews now working there on site work for a new building. I have not been able to find out what is going in that location.
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