NO MID-CURRITUCK BRIDGE

Road projects’ rankings due soon By Cindy Beamon The Daily Advance Thursday, March 6, 2014 Nobody has to tell the Albemarle region to dream big for highways, airports, ferries, bike paths and other transportation projects. Counties in the region have compiled a wish list for future transportation projects totaling in the hundreds of millions, if […]

“There’s certainly a level of frustration that has built up with the struggle of trying to get the project to advance.-”
 Dan Scanlon Currituck County manager By Cindy Beamon Staff Writer The Daily Advance Tuesday, December 10, 2013 CURRITUCK — State transportation officials apparently have suggested Currituck contribute county dollars to the Mid-Currituck Bridge project […]

By Jeff Hampton The Virginian-Pilot © December 7, 2013 HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. State and local officials loudly blamed environmental groups’ legal battles for this week’s sudden closure of the deteriorating Herbert C. Bonner Bridge for safety reasons, cutting off this island from the mainland. Those battles have delayed indefinitely construction of a replacement bridge. And […]

NCDOT PHOTO By Bruce Siceloff The_News_and_Observer bsiceloff@newsobserver.comDecember 3, 2013 2013-12-03T20:23:28Z Citing safety concerns, the state Department of Transportation said Tuesday it has closed Bonner Bridge, which carries N.C. 12 over Oregon Inlet, after finding new evidence of erosion around the bridge supports. Emergency ferry service is expected to start Wednesday to provide a link to […]

From the Crosstown Traffic Blog News & Observer NCDOT starts moving on Strategic Mobility Formula priorities Submitted by BruceSiceloff on 07/12/2013 – 06:47 Tags: Crosstown Traffic | N.C. Board of Transportation | NCDOT | Strategic Mobility Formula | transportation money When the General Assembly and Gov. Pat McCrory approved the Strategic Mobility Formula, a sweeping […]

Program: Legislative Week in Review Episode: June 28, 2013 This week’s show follows House debate in requiring middle school teachers to teach 7th and 8th graders that abortions are a risk factor for future pre-term births.  The state’s highway funding formula is changing to make road construction more fair, according to supporters.  Rep. William Brawley […]

By Gary D. Robertson The Associated Press © June 26, 2013 RALEIGH, N.C. A confident Gov. Pat McCrory Wednesday earned two victories Wednesday — first by signing transportation funding formula changes into law and second by receiving initial House support to shift many Commerce Department duties to an outside group. House Speaker Thom Tillis and […]

By Cindy Beamon The Daily Advance Saturday, June 22, 2013 Funding for the Mid-Currituck Bridge once hung on a powerful lawmaker’s promise, but that vow has now evaporated, local officials say. Now-retired state Rep. Bill Owens, D-Pasquotank, often referred to a promise Republican House Speaker Thom Tillis made Owens his last year in office. Paul […]

Published: May 7, 2013 The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Three contentious turnpike projects are no longer included in Gov. Pat McCrory’s transportation overhaul. The House Appropriations Committee adopted a new version of the bill Tuesday that removed the Cape Fear Skyway, the Garden Parkway and the Mid-Currituck Bridge from the plan. The projects had […]

By Cindy Beamon The Daily Advance Thursday, March 28, 2013 CURRITUCK — If the proposed Mid-Currituck Bridge loses state “gap funds,” the $660 million project may have to compete with other road projects in the region for funding. To nab construction dollars, the bridge would have to rank high among top-priority highway projects under the […]