Commissioner outlines narrow options after regional vote on Mid-Currituck Bridge planning
Commissioner Braithweight reported a regional planning vote did not decide to build the Mid-Currituck Bridge but asked member counties to choose whether to continue the current planning path (with a large funding gap) or move the project back to earlier phases; the board was told options are limited and federal funding remains uncertain.
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Commissioner Braithweight updated the board on a recent Albemarle regional planning meeting about the Mid-Currituck Bridge, saying the regional committee's action was procedural and should not be read as an authorization to build. He told commissioners the options presented were to continue on the current planning and funding path (noting a substantial funding shortfall) or to return the project to the prior phase when the state Department of Transportation begins the next step in May.
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