Tag: I-40

Whither I-40?

Business North Carolina and N.C. Tribune reader Matthew Eisley is at it again, urging officials to take Hurricane Helene as a signal to rethink some of the decisions they made years ago about western North Carolina’s infrastructure. Trib readers will recall that in early October, Eisley pointed out that local opposition back in the 1960s […]

Written by on January 13, 2025

DOT timetable on Helene damage

While the N.C. Department of Transportation is going to move heaven and literal earth to get Western North Carolina’s road network rebuilt, it might take it as much a decade to close the books on Hurricane Helene. That’s the word from Transportation Secretary Joey Hopkins, who told the agency’s oversight board on Wednesday such a […]

Written by on November 7, 2024