Goldsboro downtown street scape plan receives second TIGER grant since 2013. This time it's a $5 million grant for the final phase of the project.
http://goldsborodailynews.com/blog/2016/07/27/fed-awards-goldsboro-second-multi-million-dollar-tiger-grant/
Communities throughout the state have to 1) be glad that they won't have to compete with this project anymore and 2) maybe hire away the grant application writers or shadow them for future TIGER campaigns
No doubt. Talk about Goldsboro getting lucky. Having lived in Wayne County and commuting there countless times, Center Street used to look like crap. Google StreetView recently updated to show the renovated parts of Center Street and I was actually impressed. More businesses have also opened up there because of the project from what I've been told. Goldsboro has certainly changed since I last lived in the area in 2009, my most recent visit being in 2013. The Berkeley Boulevard/US-13 widening between Royall Avenue and South Drive should be finished next month also.
I haven't been to Goldsboro since 2005. Wonder what's happened in eleven years?
It didn't really start to change until about 4 years ago. Before then, probably the biggest change was the opening of I-795 between I-95 in Wilson and US-70 in Goldsboro, though at the time it was initially signed as US-117, which has since returned to it's old 2-lane alignment in 2009. Goldsboro didn't expect it to become an interstate, so it took a while before they figured out how to capitalize on it. I-795 really opened up Goldsboro. I-795 is planned to be extended from US-70 in Goldsboro to I-40 near Faison, mostly by upgrading US-117 to interstate standards, though a new terrain alignment will be need to be built between US-117 just south of US-13 and NC-581/Ash Street, where the current freeway ends at the traffic light. The NC-581/Ash Street intersection will eventually become a folded diamond interchange.
More information on I-795's extension can be found in this thread if you're interested:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=18390.0Recently, it's pretty much been growing outward, other than a few new businesses opening up on Center Street, mostly due to the Streetscape project, which is basically a rebuild of Center Street. A new 20-mile US-70 Bypass running around the north side of Goldsboro opened up 2 months ago, which will eventually become part of I-42, which will follow the US-70 corridor between I-40 near Garner and Morehead City. The city is already taking advantage of the new bypass. They recently held a groundbreaking for the new Maxwell Regional and Agricultural Convention Center, which will be located adjacent to Wayne Community College on Wayne Memorial Drive, just down the road from the US-70 Bypass interchange and the city is also looking for a large hotel to be built near the convention center. I would expect more businesses to open up near the US-70 Bypass interchanges eventually, now that it's planned to become I-42. Goldsboro will be at the crossroads of two interstates once it's all said and done.
Information on the Streetscape project on Center Street can be found here:
http://www.goldsboronc.gov/city-manager/public-affairs-department/streetscape-photos/http://www.goldsboronc.gov/wp-content/uploads/streetscape2014_background.pdfThere's a thread on I-42 also:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=18287.0The only road project in the works in Goldsboro right now (other than Streetscape) is the current widening of US-13/Berkeley Boulevard between Royall Avenue and South Drive, which should be finished sometime in August.
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