NC-54 Improvements High on DoT List
The Herald-Sun reported today that a stretch of NC-54 near Research Triangle Park has moved to the top of the priority list at the Department of Transportation. The two miles of NC-54 starting at the intersection with NC-55 and running west to the Interstate-40 overpass would improve traffic flow through RTP so much that it is, in the opinion of DoT staff, the most important state highway project in North Carolina.
Also noted in the staff report is the stretch of NC-54 in Chapel Hill from Barbee Chapel Road west to the Durham/Chapel Hill border.
Here’s the catch – the staff report only feeds into the next multi-year plan for the DoT. Plus, DoT Secretary Gene Conti can move the rankings around some. Oh, and nobody has decided how much money will go to state roads as opposed to interstates and the like. Still, it’s a sign that NC-54 is an important artery to and through RTP, and that it will continue to be developed.
