UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN MIKE McINTYRE

Surface Transportation Project Requests

Surface Transportation High-Priority Projects

Fayetteville Multimodal Transfer Center NCDOT/Fayetteville Area System of Transit, 455 Grove Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301

Public Transit/Transit Facilities:   $10,672,000

Funds will be used to construct a new public transportation transfer facility in the downtown area of Fayetteville.   This facility will serve the citizens of Fayetteville, visitors to the area, and those individuals associated with the area’s military post, Fort Bragg.   This is a major project to provide a modern, efficient center for city bus service transfers and interface with intercity bus and rail services.   The new multimodal facility will replace a temporary downtown transfer station that has been in use well past it planned life cycle.   This facility will improve air quality, provide a safer alternative in public transportation and provide greater mobility to the areas with many great attractions and public events.

Fayetteville Outer Loop North Carolina Department of Transportation, NCDOT Program Development Branch, 1542 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699

Title 23 Highway Funding:   $49,160,000

Funds will be used to construct a multi-lane freeway on new location from US 401 North of Fayetteville to NC 210 (Murchison Road) in Cumberland County.   By providing a freeway that will connect the Fort Bragg Military Base to I-95, this project will improve the safety of and reduce the congestion on other local roads in Cumberland County.   In addition, this project has national and regional significance because it is identified as a route on the National Highway System, North Carolina’s Strategic Highway Corridor, and the North Carolina Intrastate System. Upon completion of this project, NCDOT will also request this facility be designated as an Interstate.

New Hanover County Greenways Project North Carolina Department of Transportation, NCDOT Program Development Branch, 1542 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699

Title 23 Highway Funding:   $6,297,021

Funds will be used to construct a greenway system of bicycle/pedestrian paths throughout the County.  Specifically, paths will eventually connect Smith Creek Park and Eaton Elementary School; Ogden Elementary School to the Middle Sound Community; the Castle Hayne School Complex to the Castle Hayne Main Street; Veterans Park School Complex to the neighboring communities; Myrtle Grove Elementary School to the Myrtle Grove Library and adjacent communities; and Mary C. Williams and Bellamy Elementary Schools to adjacent communities.  Further, the County plans to construct a North-South spine route that will tie all of these greenways together to form a network.  Currently, the State of North Carolina has designated bicycle highways.   The North-South spine would complete the State’s New Hanover County bicycle highway component.   The City of Wilmington maintains an East-West spine called the "River to the Sea Trail" which allows people to walk or ride bikes between downtown Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach.  The proposed North-South spine route would link with the River to the Sea Trail to make access to the ocean, downtown Wilmington and the Cape Fear River possible by bike. 

North Carolina Statewide Buses and Bus Facilities North Carolina Department of Transportation, NCDOT Program Development Branch, 1542 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699

Title 49 Public Transit Funding:   $21,868,590

Funds will be used to purchase replacement and expansion buses for transit systems located in the state’s 17 urbanized areas and for urban regional systems in the Triangle and Triad regions. In addition, the transit systems operating in Greenville, Gastonia, Wilmington, Charlotte, Goldsboro, and Raleigh propose to construct transit facilities. The purchase of replacement and expansion vehicles will offer features that enhance passenger safety and ensure adequate capacity to meet the mobility needs across the state. Furthermore, purchasing replacement and expansion buses is necessary because if a vehicle is not replaced when it meets service life, operating costs will increase with the age of the vehicle. Increasing fuel costs over the past few years have also placed an unprecedented demand on transit systems in North Carolina to add service to meet the needs of consumers.   Regardless of the fuel source, newer vehicles operate more efficiently than the 10-12 year old vehicles that will be replaced. Finally, the majority of the vehicles will be procured from a consortium bid which will result in lower unit costs versus individual bids by each transit system.

US 17 Bypass in New Hanover and Brunswick Counties North Carolina Department of Transportation, NCDOT Program Development Branch, 1542 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699

Title 23 Highway Funding:   $267,120,000

Funds would be used to construct a multi-lane freeway on new location from US 421 to US 17 in New Hanover and Brunswick counties. This project will improve the safety and mobility of roads in the region because construction of a freeway on new location will relieve congestion in and around the City of Wilmington. In addition, this project would separate through traffic from local traffic in downtown Wilmington. Finally, this project has national and regional significance because it is identified as a route on the National Highway System, North Carolina’s Strategic Highway Corridor, and the North Carolina Intrastate System. Upon completion of this project, NCDOT will request that this section be designated as an Interstate.

US-74 in Columbus County North Carolina Department of Transportation, NCDOT Program Development Branch, 1542 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699

Title 23 Highway Funding: $6,416,000

Funds would be used to construct a new interchange along US 74 (future I-74) at NC 211 in Columbus County. This project will improve safety and mobility along US 74 by providing an interchange at a location that currently has an at-grade intersection. This project has national and regional significance because it is identified as a route on the National Highway System and North Carolina’s Strategic Highway Corridor.

Village Road in Brunswick County North Carolina Department of Transportation, NCDOT Program Development Branch, 1542 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699

Title 23 Highway Funding:   $16,810,000

Funds would be used to widen existing SR 1472 (Village Road) from SR 1435 (South Navassa Road) to SR 1438 (Lanvale Road) to multi-lanes in Brunswick County. Widening the existing road to multi-lanes will improve the safety and mobility of SR 1472 (Village Road). This area has experienced rapid growth, which has created a lot of congestion in the region. This project will help alleviate congestion within the limits of this project.