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Complete NC 540 Project
LM117:
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--- Quote from: froggie on April 03, 2018, 01:10:34 PM ---^ Technically, NCDOT could apply tolls to I-540 at the Neuse River Bridge, with the caveat that any toll revenue could only be used to maintain/improve that segment of I-540 (US 401 to Buffaloe Rd, include the river bridge). This is because current Federal law allows jurisdictions to apply tolls to Interstate bridges and tunnels as long as the revenue is only used to maintain/improve that bridge or tunnel location and immediately adjacent segments of the Interstate in question. This is how VDOT was able to reinstate tolls on the I-264 Downtown Tunnel between Portsmouth and Norfolk, VA.
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They could, but I don't think they're going to do it. Building a toll lane(s)? I could see that.
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Yeah, I’m inclined to agree. I can’t see tolling that short stretch. Toll lanes are far more likely and I think NCDOT has even floated that idea in recent years. I don’t know if it’s still on their radar though. :hmm:
froggie:
I would agree that it's unlikely they would toll the existing stretch. My point was to show that, under current Federal law, they technically could instate tolls on that segment under the conditions I specified.
WashuOtaku:
--- Quote from: froggie on April 03, 2018, 09:23:22 PM ---I would agree that it's unlikely they would toll the existing stretch. My point was to show that, under current Federal law, they technically could instate tolls on that segment under the conditions I specified.
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NCDOT isn't going to do that. Nothing is going to happen to I-540 that currently exist.
The Ghostbuster:
Are there construction and completion dates for when the entire 540 beltway will be completed?
wdcrft63:
--- Quote from: The Ghostbuster on April 04, 2018, 04:31:27 PM ---Are there construction and completion dates for when the entire 540 beltway will be completed?
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The section from US 401 to I-40/Future I-42 should be under contract by mid 2019, so 2022 is a reasonable guess for completion. The eastern section, from I-40/Future I-42 to US 64/Future I-87, is not scheduled for construction until FY 2027. NCDOT's web site for the project is here:
https://www.ncdot.gov/projects/complete540/
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