Title: House Bill 248*-Second Edition
Category: Introduced Bill 2005

General Assembly of North Carolina	Session 2005

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
H	2
HOUSE BILL 248*
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/13/05

Short Title:	Charlotte Interstate Loop. | (Public)
Sponsors: |
Referred to: |
February 16, 2005

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the Outer loop around charlotte to be completed before any expansion lanes may be constructed.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 136‑180(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Funds allocated from the Trust Fund for urban loops may be used only for the following urban loops:
		Affected
Loop	Description	Counties
		
Asheville Western Loop	Multilane facility on new 	Buncombe
	location from I‑26 west of 
	Asheville to US‑19/23 north 
	of Asheville for the purpose 
	of connecting these roads. 
	The funds may be used to 
	improve existing corridors.
Charlotte Outer Loop		Mecklenburg									     Multilane facility on new location
     	only encircling City of Charlotte.
Durham Northern Loop	The projects listed below 	Durham, Wake
	are eligible for funding 
	under this section as part of 
	the Durham Northern Loop. 
	The priorities for planning 
	and constructing these projects 
	will be established by mutual 
	agreement of the Metropolitan 
	Planning Organization (MPO) 
	and the Department of 
	Transportation through the 
	federally mandated 
	Transportation Improvement 
	Program development process. 
	The cross sections for these 
	projects will be established 
	by mutual agreement of the 
	MPO and the Department of 
	Transportation through the 
	State and federal environmental 
	review process. (1) East end 
	connector, from N.C. 147 to 
	U.S. 70 East. (2) U.S. 70, from 
	Lynn Rd. to the Northern 
	Durham Parkway. (3) I‑85, 
	from U.S. 70 to Red Mill Rd.
	(4) Northern Durham Parkway, 
	Section B, from Old Oxford 
	Rd. to I‑85. (5) Northern 
	Durham Parkway, Section A, 
	from I‑85 to I‑540. (6) 
	Northern Durham Parkway, 
	Section C, from Old Oxford 
	Rd. to Roxboro Rd. (7) 
	Roxboro Rd. from Duke St. 
	to Goodwin Rd.
Fayetteville Western	Multilane facility on new 	Cumberland
Outer Loop	location from US 401 north 
	of Fayetteville to I‑95 
	south of Hope Mills
Gastonia Loop	Multilane facility known 	Gaston, Mecklenburg
	as the Garden Parkway,
	on a new location 
	beginning at I‑485, 
	extending west across 
	southern Gaston County 
	to I‑85, and continuing 
	north to US 321
Greensboro Loop	Multilane facility on new 	Guilford
	location encircling City of 
	Greensboro including 
	interchanges with Cone 
	Boulevard Extension and 
	Lewiston‑Fleming Road 
	Extension
Greenville Loop	Multilane extension of	Pitt
	the Greenville Loop from 
	US 264 west of Greenville 
	to NC‑11 south of Winterville
Raleigh Outer Loop	Multilane facility on new 	Wake, Durham,
	location encircling City 	Johnston
	of Raleigh
Wilmington Bypass	Multilane facility on new 	New Hanover
	location from US‑17 northeast
	of Wilmington to US 421 
	in southern Wilmington, 
	continuing from US 421 
	in southern Wilmington 
	northeast along Independence 
	Blvd., and extending to 
	Martin Luther King, Jr. 
	Parkway, and including 
	the Blue Clay Road 
	interchange
Winston‑Salem Northbelt	Multilane facility on new 	Forsyth
	location from I‑40 west of 
	Winston‑Salem northerly to 
	US 311/Future I‑74 in eastern 
	Forsyth County"
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

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