STEELE CREEK NEWS
Highway 160
Projects to be Funded by 2025
(December
15, 2014)
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has released its next draft Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The TIP lists highway projects that
are expected to receive funding over the next ten year cycle based on
anticipated available revenues See
NCDOT Releases Draft State Transportation Improvement Program.
Two Highway
160 projects are
included in the funding plan:
Highway 160 (Steele Creek Road)
(ID U-5766) This 4.2 mile widening project extends along Steele
Creek Rd (NC 160) from Shopton Rd West to South Tryon St (NC 49) in
Charlotte. Improvements include widening the existing roadway from
two (2) lanes to four (4) lanes and installing bike lanes and
sidewalks. FY 2022 - Right-of-Way
acquisition $3,100,00
Utility relocation $4,600,000 FY
2024 - Construction $15,650,000 FY
2025 - Construction $15,650,000
Intersection
of Highway 160 (Steele Creek Road) and Hamilton Road (ID
U-5762)
Widen
intersection of NC Highway 160 (Steele Creek Road) and Hamilton Road
for additional capacity consistent with the future Steele Creek Road
cross section. FY 2019 -
Right-of-Way Acquisition $315,000
FY 2021 - Construction $1,300,00
This is a major
improvement for Steele Creek over the last TIP when no Highway 160 projects had any
standing for funding. While motorists will continue to suffer for 10
years or so, the projects are in the queue for action.
The TIP was
developed under the
new
Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) Law, which is
designed to allocate available revenues based on data-driven scoring
and local input. The law provides some flexibility, but since this
is a new process, planners are not sure how it will play out. The
schedule is subject to change based on changing priorities, changing
funding availability, certain bonus funding sources, and which
projects are more ready to go than others.
The public will
have an opportunity to comment on the TIP in May, after the
Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization has finished
its review.
The TIP also
includes the widening of I-77 through south Charlotte to 10 lanes
including 4 toll lanes, with right-of-way and utility relocation
beginning in FY 2024, See the Charlotte Observer article
DOT to rely on toll lanes for three Charlotte highway projects.
To see the listing of projects, see
State Transportation Improvement Program for Division 10. The
Steele Creek Road/Hamilton Road intersection is the last project
listed on Page 10-16. The Steele Creek Road widening is the first
project listed on Page 10-17. The I-77 widening is the second item
on Page 10-13.
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