Date: July 8, 2016
Contact: Peggy Beach, Communications Officer, N.C. Department of Transportation, pebeach@ncdot.gov, 919-707-2662
When: 10 a.m. Friday, July 8, 2016
Where: McSwain Extension Education and Agricultural Center, 2420 Tramway Road, Sanford.
Details: N.C. Transportation Secretary Nick Tennyson will join a number of local representatives in a ceremony naming a portion of the U.S. 421 Bypass from U.S. 1 to the merge at Cumnock near the Deep River in Lee County in honor of the late community leader Don Buie.
Other officials attending include: Member of the State Board of Transportation Patrick Molamphy, Chair of the Lee County Board of County Commissioners Amy Dalrymple, Members of the Lee County Board of County Commissioners Dr. Ricky Frazier and Kirk Smith, Vice President of Central Carolina Community College Ken Hoyle. The Buie Family will attend the ceremony.