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A CONCEPTUAL FREEWAY MASTER PLAN -
CRAVEN COUNTY MAPS UPDATED January 2008
Based on the meetings with the individual counties in Fall
2006, the Commission is developing a Conceptual Freeway Master Plan.
The Master Plan will outline the engineering and land use measures needed
to create a US 70 freeway from I-95 to Morehead City. The initial results
of the effort are the Conceptual Freeway Maps. The maps, provided below,
show the freeway and street connectivity recommendations needed for
the segments of US 70 that lie between planned bypasses. These sections
currently do not have planned bypass corridors, therefore long-range
plans to improve the corridor to freeway standards would mean these
sections would be retrofitted.
These plans are conceptual only, and carry
the short-term vision provided in the Access Management Plan forward
to the ultimate goal of a US 70 freeway. The maps provide a look at
a potential series of interchanges, grade separations, and new streets
needed to create that freeway. The US 70 Corridor Commission
will continue to work with NCDOT, local officials, and local residents,
business owners, and property owners to refine the concepts.
From proposed Goldsboro Bypass to existing freeway section west of
New Bern
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Maps 3-4:
Kinston (plans currently under consideration by Commission)
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From Trent River Bridge (New Bern) to proposed Havelock Bypass
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70 ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN -
CRAVEN and CARTERET COUNTY MAPS UPDATED January 2008
WALNUT CREEK MAP (WAYNE) UPDATED March 2008
In 2005, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., in coordination with NCDOT,
completed an access management study for US 70 from NC 42 East in Johnston
County to the Atlantic Beach Causeway in Morehead City. The purpose
of this study was to evaluate existing operational characteristics and
safety concerns along the corridor and develop a conceptual access management
plan that reinforces the primary function of this Strategic Highway
Corridor for providing mobility between regional destinations. Together,
short- and long-term recommendations were outlined in the plan in an
effort to demonstrate a method to substantially reduce travel time for
US 70, while reducing the number and severity of potential crashes.
The Access Management Plan is a living document, and continues to be
revised and updated with the input from the staff and leaders of the
Commission's member counties and municipalities.
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