The Mid-Currituck Bridge may happen in our lifetimes. Thirty-eight years after it first appeared in a Currituck County planning proposal and after fits and starts on the federal and state level, NCDOT is taking concrete steps to move the project forward. Sam Walker writing for the Outer Banks Voice gives the background. “The state Board of Transportation… Continue reading mid-currituck bridge inches closer to reality
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mid-currituck bridge news = the good + the bad
The news is out that the Mid-Currituck Bridge (MCB) is back on track, which for long-suffering OBX vacationers has got to be considered GREAT news, but summertime visitors who get stuck in traffic aren’t the only ones taking note. Residents of lower Currituck County, who are trapped on either side of Caratoke Highway for hours on end every summer… Continue reading mid-currituck bridge news = the good + the bad
short-term solutions elusive for obx traffic woes
Presenting to a packed room, eastern North Carolina elected officials and representatives for NCDOT grappled with how to improve summertime traffic as it enters the Outer Banks. This article from Russ Lay of the Outer Banks Voice outlines how elusive the answers are proving to be. “Alternate routes, earlier separation of Duck- and Corolla-bound… Continue reading short-term solutions elusive for obx traffic woes
nc hwy funding changes could halt obx projects
Responding to a growing revenue crisis in how highway projects are funded, the North Carolina State Legislature passed a law that changes the manner in which the state decides which projects will move forward. The new system creates winners and losers, and as Kip Tabb’s article on the Outer Banks Voice makes clear, the Outer Banks and… Continue reading nc hwy funding changes could halt obx projects