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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.
The US-70 Corridor Commission is having their next meeting on July 18 in Morehead City. However, they still haven’t posted the minutes of their recent meetings.
The US-70 Corridor Commission is having their next meeting on July 18 in Morehead City. However, they still haven’t posted the minutes of their recent meetings.
The Director’s Report for March, April, and May has been posted. The most noteworthy tidbit is on the first page. Apparently, some of the projects got pushed back because of lack of funding due to the recent hurricanes.
According to the US-70 Corridor Commission’s Director’s Report for January/February 2019, NCDOT got federal approval to sign US-70 Bypass in Goldsboro as I-42. No word on when I-42 shields will go up, though. Not sure why the Clayton Bypass wasn’t included...
NEW BERN – A Craven County highway ramp will be closed this weekend as the N.C. Department of Transportation continues work to upgrade the highway to interstate standards.
The U.S. 70 Westbound exit ramp to Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard will be closed from 6:30 a.m. July 13 through 7 p.m. July 14. 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 needing to access Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard from U.S. 70 West will continue past the closed ramp and exit at Glenburnie Road. Drivers will turn left at the stoplight, continue across the bridge to make another left back onto U.S. 70 East.
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.
According to NCDOT’s 12-month contract letting list as of this month, the contract awarding date for upgrading US-70 to interstate standards between the eastern end of the Goldsboro Bypass and Willie Measley Road east of La Grange has been pushed back from October 15, 2019 to February 18, 2020.
Also, the contract awarding date for upgrading US-70 to interstate standards between the Clayton Bypass and the Neuse River has been pushed back from September 17, 2019 to March 17, 2020.
They can be seen on pages 10 and 17, respectively.
Scrolling through the document, it appears that I-5700 to renovate the I-40 interchange at Airport Blvd was yanked. Any explanation? The document just says "right of way issues". NCDOT had solicited public comment on I-5700 early last year. Is this dead for good or just pushed out beyond 12 months? Many other projects in Wake and Durham have the same treatment in this document.
Scrolling through the document, it appears that I-5700 to renovate the I-40 interchange at Airport Blvd was yanked. Any explanation? The document just says "right of way issues". NCDOT had solicited public comment on I-5700 early last year. Is this dead for good or just pushed out beyond 12 months? Many other projects in Wake and Durham have the same treatment in this document.
Probably just pushed back. NCDOT recently mentioned that a good chunk of funds had been diverted to hurricane recovery from Matthew, Florence, and Michael. That’s why some of the US-70/I-42 projects were pushed back.
The contract for the US-70 Havelock Bypass was supposed to have been awarded two days ago, but there hasn’t been any announcement so far.
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