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NCDOT briefs Rockingham commissioners on $2 million study to explore upgrading US‑220 to I‑73 standards
Summary
NCDOT told the Rockingham County Board it has $2,000,000 for a preliminary engineering and environmental study to explore bringing US 220 up to interstate (I‑73) standards, including potential interchanges, service roads and utility relocations; the project remains unfunded and would proceed only after state scoring and Board of Transportation approval.
Jeremy Dunlap, a North Carolina Department of Transportation division project delivery engineer, told the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 16 that NCDOT has acquired $2,000,000 to fund a preliminary engineering (PE) study examining upgrades to bring US 220 to interstate standards from the I‑73 area near Newnham Road north to NC 135.
"We acquired $2,000,000 to do a PE study," Dunlap said, describing work that will initiate the environmental‑document process, lay out potential interchange footprints and identify where service roads…
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