| Project Detail |
County: Craven Status: In Development STIP Number: U-5713, R-5777AB Project Information Right Table Estimated Cost: $171.6 million Start Date: 2021 Completion Date: TBD Project Overview Planning and development is underway to improve traffic on a 5.1-mile stretch of U.S. 70 from east of Thurman Road to the Neuse River Bridge in James City in Craven County. Work would also improve access to local community services and enhance economic development in the area. The project is among several by the N.C. Department of Transportation to improve the U.S. 70 Corridor – one of the primary east-west corridors across eastern North Carolina. U.S. 70 provides an important connection between the port at Morehead City, military bases in Havelock and Goldsboro and the Global TransPark in Kinston. NCDOT has identified the corridor as one of three in which improvements would assist economic development in the primarily rural areas of eastern North Carolina. In addition, the 2015 Fixing Americas Surface Transportation Act designated U.S. 70 from I-40 in Garner to the port at Morehead City as a high-priority corridor and future interstate (later signed as Interstate 42). The interstate designation will benefit military interconnectivity, aid in economic development, create jobs and stimulate growth in travel and tourism |
