Open house to look at U.S. 70 project
By Steve Herring
Published in News on November 29, 2017 5:50 AM
Residents in Wayne and Johnston counties will have the opportunity next week to comment on and ask questions about a $130.5 million project to upgrade U.S. 70 West to interstate standards.
The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold an informal open house on the project from 4 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 7 at Grace Baptist Church, 220 Barden St., Princeton.
The 6.7-mile section of U.S. 70 that would be improved is between the U.S. 70 Goldsboro Bypass in Wayne County and west of Pondfield Road in Johnston County.
Once the improvements are made that section of road will be fully controlled access.
The project would potentially include three new interchanges with overpasses and ramps, as well as new service roads.
During the Nov. 15 meeting of the Wayne County Transportation Committee, Jiles Harrell, N.C. Department of Transportation District 3 engineer, said some interchange alternatives will be considered.
One is for Princeton. Another is proposal to have an additional interchange between the end of the bypass and Princeton, Harrell said.
As more information becomes available, it will be posted on the DOT website.
The deadline to submit comments is Jan. 8, 2018.
The overall plan will be presented at the meeting along with maps. Also, at certain interchanges and in strategic places, there may be some alternates that need to be considered.
Comments from the public will be used as the state moves forward with design.
To send comments, or seek additional information about the proposed project, the public may contact Debbie Barbour, a consultant project engineer, at Debbie.Barbour@kisingercampo.com or 919-882-7839, ext. 5101; or Matt Clarke, DOT project engineer for Division 4, at wmclarke@ncdot.gov, P.O. Box 3165, Wilson N.C., 27895 or 252-640-6419.
The DOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in the meeting.
Anyone requiring special services should contact Tamara Makhlouf at tmakhlouf@ncdot.gov or 919-707-6072 as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.
Persons who speak Spanish and have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494