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Commissioner: Highway 74 widening delayed to Sept. 2025; Catawba River bridge now slated for summer 2025

Town of Cramerton Board of Commissioners · March 1, 2026

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Summary

Commissioner Scott Kincaid told the board that utility relocation has delayed the Highway 74 widening from February 2025 to September 2025, and that the bridge crossing the Catawba River is scheduled to begin in Summer 2025, according to a recent MPO meeting report.

Commissioner Scott Kincaid reported from a recent Metropolitan Planning Organization meeting that regional projects affecting Cramerton have new projected start dates.

Kincaid said the Highway 74 widening, previously scheduled to begin in February 2025, is delayed because of utility relocation and is now projected to start in September 2025. He also said the bridge crossing the Catawba River from Gaston County into Mecklenburg County is scheduled to begin in Summer 2025.

The board received the MPO update; no local decisions were required or taken at the workshop regarding these regional projects.