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Planner briefs Whiteville council on Columbus County Comprehensive Transportation Plan and future needs

5823305 · September 23, 2025
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Summary

Regional planner presented the Columbus County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) — a 20-to-30-year, multimodal needs assessment — highlighting congestion and safety hotspots, potential regional rail and transit connections, and bicycle/pedestrian recommendations; councilors asked about projected population and traffic growth.

A regional planner presented the Columbus County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) to the Whiteville City Council, describing it as a needs-based, long-range multimodal plan intended to identify corridor needs and guide project selection and funding priorities.

The presenter said the CTP looks 20 to 30 years ahead and assesses congestion, safety and multimodal needs across the county. He told the council, “CTP, the comprehensive transportation plan, is a needs based long range multimodal plan transportation plan. So long range, we'll look at things 20 to 30 years out in terms of land horizon.” The…

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