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The new North Carolina State Transportation Map is now available at visitor centers and rest areas or by ordering online. Read Story »
Tags: roads | highway construction | North Carolina
Don’t miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: road construction | Ecusta Trail | roads | 2045 comp plan
Henderson County and NCDOT engineers will try to help residents of a private dirt road with big drainage problems get the road onto the state system. Read Story »
You won't want to miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: roads
Opponents of the four-lane N.C. 191 widening project are hoping Henderson County commissioners take their side when the board hears from the top NCDOT engineer for the southwestern corner of the state. Read Story »
Tags: NCDOT | roads | Balfour Parkway | NC 191 widening
A former trucker who lives in a neighborhood off North Main Street pleaded with the Board of Commissioners to do something about scale-dodging truck traffic on Berkeley Road, saying the tractor-trailers pose a danger to residents and could cause a serious accident or fatality. Read Story »
Tags: road construction | roads | Signal Hill Road | Berkeley Road
Major road improvements in Henderson County have been pushed back by a year or more because construction bids are greatly exceeding projections, transportation planners said. Read Story »
Tags: roads
Years from now, when homeowners along N.C. 191 from N.C. 280 to Long Shoals Road demand to know the origins of a four-lane widening project, someone may refer them to a little-noticed meeting of the Henderson County Transportation Advisory Committee on April 18, 2018. Read Story »
Tags: road construction | transportation | roads | I-26 widening project
One moment in a lively public comment period last week crystallized the gulf between the group that vociferously opposes the Kanuga Road widening and the group that rallying for U.S. 64 improvements. Read Story »
Tags: NCDOT | road construction | roads | roundabouts | Kanuga Road | Highland Lake Road project | nimby nation | U.S. 64 improvements
EDNEYVILLE — Henderson County commissioners are confronting a decision in Edneyville that they say could lead to a building boom and pressure to bulldoze apple orchards for new houses and apartments. Before they make such a momentous move, they want to hear from Edneyville residents. Read Story »
Tags: road construction | utilities | apple farming | roads | Henderson County Board of Commissioners
FLAT ROCK — A lightly used dirt road would be closed from Crail Farm Road to Old Town Way if the Henderson County Board of Commissioners goes along with a petition of property owners who support the closure. Read Story »
Tags: road construction | transportation | roads
The French Broad River MPO is taking public input on a 25-year regional transportation plan update. Read Story »
Tags: road construction | transportation | bicycling | roads | French Broad MPO
LAUREL PARK — Hebron Road will be closed to through traffic from Laurel Park Highway at the water tanks to Laurel Park Highway at Timber Creek on Monday, July 21, and Tuesday, July 22. Read Story »
Tags: Laurel Park | road construction | roads
Southeastern Asphalt of East Flat Rock won the low bid for nine paving projects this summer in Hendersonville.Southeastern bid $443,779.97 followed by Tarheel Paving at $476,902. The high bidder was JLS Company, which submitted a price of $698,873. Read Story »
Tags: road construction | transportation | roads
MILLS RIVER — When the DOT asked the Mills River Town Board what it thought about a N.C. 280 widening project with a concrete median, the board answered emphatically: No. Read Story »
Tags: Mills River | NCDOT | road construction | roads
The Hendersonville City Council on Thursday said yes to a new Gas Express at the Asheville Highway Ingles but shot down a new entrance that the supermarket officials said is needed for orderly traffic flow. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville City Council | Ingles | transportation | roads