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Resolution of Support for I-42 Designation in Wake and Johnston Counties
Alex Rickard
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation has requested the MPO’s support for the designation of Interstate 42 in Wake and Johnston Counties within the CAMPO planning area. This proposed route runs along existing US 70 and is a full control access, divided, multi-lane facility with connection to freeway routes at both ends, I-40 in Wake County and US 70 Business in Clayton (Johnston County). The length of the proposed route is approximately 10.04 miles. This section is a portion of a 136.6-mile proposed route that was Congressionally designated as a high priority future Interstate corridor on the National Highway System, as identified in the FAST Act, which was signed into law December 4, 2015. The FAST Act provided inclusion of this portion of US 70 in North Carolina by amending Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. This corridor is also a National Highway System, National Truck Network route and part of a Strategic Transportation Corridor (STC) of statewide significance in North Carolina. The proposed addition of I-42 is a logical extension to the Interstate System and will provide essential freeway connectivity between I-40 in Wake County and US 70 Business in Clayton (Johnston County). Additional information is available on the attached NCDOT application to AASHTO, as well as the attached map of the proposed interstate section.
Requested Action: Action Adopt the Resolution Supporting the Routing of I-42 Within CAMPO from I-40 in Wake County to US 70 Business in Johnston County.