§ 136-180. Urban loops.

NORTH CAROLINA STATUTES AND CODES

§ 136‑180. Urban loops.

(a) Funds allocatedfrom the Trust Fund for urban loops may be used only for the following urbanloops:

Affected

Loop Description Counties

Asheville Western Loop Multilanefacility on new Buncombe

locationfrom I‑26 west of

Ashevilleto US‑19/23 north

ofAsheville for the purpose

ofconnecting these roads.

Thefunds may be used to

improveexisting corridors.

Charlotte Outer Loop Multilanefacility encircling Mecklenburg

Cityof Charlotte including

6‑laningof the portion from

JohnstonRoad/US 521 south

toI‑77 south of Charlotte‑

includingwidening, resurface,

andinterchange

Durham Northern Loop Theprojects listed below Durham, Wake

areeligible for funding

underthis section as part of

theDurham Northern Loop.

Thepriorities for planning

andconstructing these projects

willbe established by mutual

agreementof the Metropolitan

PlanningOrganization (MPO)

andthe Department of

Transportationthrough the

federallymandated

TransportationImprovement

Programdevelopment process.

Thecross sections for these

projectswill be established

bymutual agreement of the

MPOand the Department of

Transportationthrough the

Stateand federal environmental

reviewprocess. (1) East end

connector,from N.C. 147 to

U.S.70 East. (2) U.S. 70, from

LynnRd. to the Northern

DurhamParkway. (3) I‑85,

fromU.S. 70 to Red Mill Rd.

(4)Northern Durham Parkway,

SectionB, from Old Oxford

Rd.to I‑85. (5) Northern

DurhamParkway, Section A,

fromI‑85 to I‑540. (6)

NorthernDurham Parkway,

SectionC, from Old Oxford

Rd.to Roxboro Rd. (7)

RoxboroRd. from Duke St.

toGoodwin Rd.

Fayetteville Western Multilanefacility on new Cumberland

Outer Loop locationfrom US 401 north

ofFayetteville to I‑95

southof Hope Mills

Gastonia Loop Multilanefacility known Gaston, Mecklenburg

asthe Garden Parkway,

ona new location

beginningat I‑485,

extendingwest across

southernGaston County

toI‑85, and continuing

northto US 321

Greensboro Loop Multilanefacility on new Guilford

locationencircling City of

Greensboroincluding

interchangeswith Cone

BoulevardExtension and

Lewiston‑FlemingRoad

Extension

Greenville Loop Multilaneextension of Pitt

theGreenville Loop from

US264 west of Greenville

toNC‑11 south of Winterville

Raleigh Outer Loop Multilanefacility on new Wake, Durham,

locationencircling City Johnston

ofRaleigh

Wilmington Bypass Multilanefacility on new New Hanover

locationfrom US‑17 northeast

ofWilmington to US 421

insouthern Wilmington,

continuingfrom US 421

insouthern Wilmington

northeastalong Independence

Blvd.,and extending to

MartinLuther King, Jr.

Parkway,and including

theBlue Clay Road

interchange

Winston‑Salem Northbelt Multilanefacility on new Forsyth

locationfrom I‑40 west of

Winston‑Salemnortherly to

US311/Future I‑74 in eastern

ForsythCounty

(b) The Board ofTransportation may, by official resolution, accept a new interstate or freewayas the revised termini of an urban loop described in subsection (a) of thissection, and the revised project shall be eligible for funding with fundsdescribed in G.S. 136‑176(b)(2) if the following conditions are met:

(1) The Department ofTransportation has constructed a new interstate or freeway facility since 1989and has changed the official route designation from the termini described insubsection (a) of this section to the new facility.

(2) The Board ofTransportation finds that the purposes of the urban loop facility, specificallyincluding reduced congestion and high‑speed, safe, regional through‑travelservice, would be enhanced by the action.

(1989,c. 692, s. 1.1; 2002‑126, s. 26.10(a); 2003‑284, s. 29.11(a); 2004‑124,s. 30.19; 2004‑148, s. 4.)