RALEIGH – The following are highlights from this week at the N.C. Department of Transportation. The stories below are also featured in
NCDOT Now, the department's weekly newscast.
Powell Bill
The N.C. Department of Transportation is distributing more than $154.8 million in State Street Aid to Municipalities, known as Powell Bill funds.
The Powell Bill funds are used primarily to resurface municipal streets but also may be used to maintain, repair, construct, or widen streets, bridges, and drainage areas. Municipalities can also use Powell Bill funds to plan, construct and maintain bike paths, greenways or sidewalks.
The fund is named for Junius K. Powell, a former state senator and mayor of Whiteville. Powell was the primary sponsor of the 1951 bill to help the state's cities with urban road problems.
The $154 million will be distributed starting to hundreds of cities and towns.
Spring Litter Sweep
NCDOT’s spring litter sweep runs April 15th through April 29th.
Each year in April and September, NCDOT ramps up efforts to clean up our state’s roads and calls on volunteers for assistance.
Volunteers can request clean-up supplies such as trash bags, gloves and safety vests from local NCDOT county maintenance offices.
Last year alone, over 11 and a half million pounds of litter were picked up.
For more information, visit our
website.
Ferry Division Job Fair
There are new career opportunities in the department’s Ferry Division.
We’re teaming up with N.C. Works to host a career fair April 17 at the
Beaufort County Career Center at 1502 North Market Street in Washington.
The fair will run between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Applications will be accepted for all positions at all experience levels, from entry-level parking lot attendants to experienced boat captains.
To see jobs available with the Ferry Division, visit the
state jobs website and search “Ferry.”
The Washington event is the most recent of five career fairs to be held across eastern North Carolina this year.