In July 2025, the N.C. Board of Transportation adopted the 2026-2035 State Transportation Improvement Program, which identifies transportation projects that will receive funding from 2024 to 2033.
The document is the fifth 10-year plan developed under the 2013
Strategic Transportation Investments law and consists of more than 2,900 projects across North Carolina. Most of these projects were identified through a data-driven scoring approach called Strategic Prioritization.
2026-2035 STIP Development
The 2026-2035 STIP was developed using the P7 Prioritization cycle. Projects were submitted and competed through this process beginning in July of 2023. Public comment was solicited from NCDOT’s Divisions and our MPO/RPO partners during this time requesting feedback on which projects to submit. Projects were submitted for consideration from July to October 2023.
After a scoring review was completed, quantitative scores were released and projects selected in the Statewide category were announced in May 2024. Additional public comment opportunities were provided as NCDOT Highway Divisions and our MPO/RPO partners as they assigned Local Input Points to the projects competing in the Regional Impact and Division Needs categories. These point assignment periods occurred in the Summer of 2024 for Regional Impact projects and the Fall of 2024 for Division Needs projects.
The initial draft STIP was released in January 2025. After the draft STIP was released, partner MPOs and RPOs were able to provide feedback as well as members of the public.
STIP Approval
The N.C. Board of Transportation adopted the 2026-2035 STIP at its July 2025 meeting. NCDOT is awaiting final approval of the STIP by the Federal Highway Administration, which is anticipated in fall 2025.