After posts about delays to one project, squabbles over another, I have some good transportation news to report.
Thanks to nearly $26 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, along with $100 million from other sources, a previously unfunded Interstate 140/US 17 Bypass construction project will get underway in 2010.
The 'A' Section of the Brunswick County segment of I-140/US 17 is the benefactor of the new funding. This segment will run from US 17 (near where NC 87 meets it in Bishop) to US 74/76 east of Malmo. This will be a design/build project.
The 'B' Section from US 74/76 to where the current freeway ends at US 421 is scheduled to see construction begin in 2012. Land acquisition for this segment is ongoing.
So it now appears that for a few years there will be a gap in I-140 and the US 17 Bypass from US 74/76 to US 421.
Story Link:
US 17 bypass's Brunswick leg to be started earlier than planned ---Wilmington Star-News
HT: Joe Babyak
Thanks to nearly $26 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, along with $100 million from other sources, a previously unfunded Interstate 140/US 17 Bypass construction project will get underway in 2010.
The 'A' Section of the Brunswick County segment of I-140/US 17 is the benefactor of the new funding. This segment will run from US 17 (near where NC 87 meets it in Bishop) to US 74/76 east of Malmo. This will be a design/build project.
The 'B' Section from US 74/76 to where the current freeway ends at US 421 is scheduled to see construction begin in 2012. Land acquisition for this segment is ongoing.
So it now appears that for a few years there will be a gap in I-140 and the US 17 Bypass from US 74/76 to US 421.
Story Link:
US 17 bypass's Brunswick leg to be started earlier than planned ---Wilmington Star-News
HT: Joe Babyak
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