Construction of the bridge could start in July 2020 and finish in 2024.
With plans to issue a Record of Decision (ROD) on the Mid-Currituck Bridge in October of this year, NCDOT anticipates a July 2020 beginning for construction on the bridge that will span the Currituck Sound. An ROD is the last step before contracts are awarded. Typically groups opposed to a project wait until the ROD is issued before filing a lawsuit. The Daily Advance has the story.
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“After being talked about for decades, the long-delayed Mid-Currituck Bridge is moving closer to a projected starting date for construction.
Currituck County Manager Dan Scanlon advised Currituck commissioners recently that the N.C. Department of Transportation plans to have a record of decision on the bridge project in October. Under DOT’s current timetable, Scanlon said, construction of the bridge would start in July 2020 and be complete sometime in 2024.
A bridge spanning Currituck Sound and linking the Currituck mainland with Corolla on the county’s Outer Banks has been discussed and planned for years. State and local officials have long sought the bridge, last estimated to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, as a way to help ease traffic congestion on Caratoke Highway in Lower Currituck in the summertime.”
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