Site work and paving for a road / highway in Smithfield, North Carolina. Conceptual plans call for site work for a road / highway; and for paving for a road / highway.

Us 701/nc 96. Construct Interchange County : Johnston Route - I-95 Length(Miles) - 1 As of April 8, 2025, the project is in Conceptual status. Anticipated letting year is 2029. NCDOT - Construct Interchange - I-95 *project Information Has Been Obtained Through a Public State Transportation Improvement Plan (Stip). A Stip is a Financial Schedule for Short- and Long-range Projects Which is Updated Regularly. Information Listed in the Stip Often Evolves Based on Funding Availability. The Project Details, Including Timeline and Value, Are Subject to Change. The Content Management Team Will Continue to Pursue Additional Details as They Become Available. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2025/02/11/nc-interstate-95-tolls-general-assembly-bill.html North Carolina bill would prohibit I-95 tolls for 10 years. No active plans exist to toll I-95 in North Carolina. I-95 widening was estimated to cost over $5 billion in 2017. A bill working its way through the General Assembly would block tolls on Interstate 95 in North Carolina. The legislation, called "I-95 Toll Prohibition," would prohibit tolls on the interstate for 10 years and require prior approval of the General Assembly before any such action is taken in the future. But the reason for the bill is unclear. None of the bill's primary sponsors, state senators Buck Newton, Benton Sawrey and Lisa Barnes, returned repeated requests to comment on the measure. They each represent counties where I-95 runs through. Neither the North Carolina Turnpike Authority or the North Carolina Department of Transportation, say they were consulted about the proposed law. There are no active plans to put tolls on I-95. "It's something that's unpopular and it's not something that's being sought," NCDOT spokesman Andrew Barksdale said, adding that while there had been studies on the possibility years ago, there's no conversations happening regarding tolls on I-95. But there's also no plan for widening the entire stretch, something officials have said could be needed to keep up with interstate traffic volumes. I-95, built in the 1950s and '60s, is primarily a four-lane highway through North Carolina. The state recently released its draft budget for highway construction for the next 10 years. It does not include plans for additional widening work on I-95. I-95 has repeatedly been labeled a key piece of East Coast infrastructure. During President Donald Trump's first term, I-95 repairs made Trump's list of the nation's top 52 infrastructure projects. At the time the project was described as a $1.5 billion effort that would result in 5,400 direct jobs. In 2017, widening the full stretch of I-95 in the state was estimated to cost $5 billion. But "it would easily be a lot higher than that now," Barksdale, with NCDOT, said about the cost. In 2016, NCDOT said it would be unable to accelerate I-95 improvements because the state's Strategic Transportation Investments law restricted the amount of Highway Trust Fund revenues that could be spent on any single project or corridor. A previous NCDOT study showed that toll revenues could pay for improvements along the entire stretch within two decades of the start of construction. According to that report, traditional public funding would "at best" require 60 years to complete the same program. But even mentioning tolls prompted severe pushback, according to Barksdale. So no plan was ever moved forward. I-95 runs for 182 miles in North Carolina. Of that, just 53 miles in the southern portion of the state is under contract to be widened to eight lanes. So far NCDOT has spent $2.2 billion on design, right-of-way, acquisition, utility relocations and construction contracts for the stretch that is budgeted. Most of the project has been paid for by the state's Highway Trust Fund, which comes from the motor fuels tax. For additional work to happen, there would need to be the dollars to pay for it. But even if tolls were someday an option, the proposal wouldn't come from NCDOT, according to J.J. Eden, director of the North Carolina Turnpike Authority. He said those recommendations come from local communities and metropolitan organizations. "We don't go out and solicit or market [for tolls]," he said. The I-95 Toll Prohibition bill, Senate Bill 61, was filed Feb 5. It passed its first reading and was referred to the senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Us 701/nc 96. Construct Interchange County : Johnston Route - I-95 Length(Miles) - 1 Mode - Highway As of January 09, 2025, the Project is in Conceptual Status. Anticipated Letting Year is 2028. NCDOT - Construct Interchange - I-95 *project Information Has Been Obtained Through a Public State Transportation Improvement Plan (Stip). A Stip is a Financial Schedule for Short- and Long-range Projects Which is Updated Regularly. Information Listed in the Stip Often Evolves Based on Funding Availability. The Project Details, Including Timeline and Value, Are Subject to Change. The Content Management Team Will Continue to Pursue Additional Details as They Become Available.