The N.C. Department of Transportation’s proposed improvements could include a median-divided highway with four or six lanes and the potential for a posted 60 mph speed limit.
Environmental Planning Suspended
NCDOT began an environmental study in 2016 and suspended it in 2022 (there is currently no dedicated funding or schedule for an environmental study to resume).
When the environmental study began, the alternatives for widening U.S. 70 were consistent with the Triangle West Transportation Planning Organization’s transportation plan. In 2022, the planning organization adopted its new 2050 long range transportation plan which designated the corridor as a four-lane modernization project. A preferred alternative was not selected prior to suspension.