Draft 10-year transportation plan comment period to end

There are a few weeks left to let North Carolina Department of Transportation officials know what you’d like to see in its draft 10-year transportation plan for 2026-2035. 

Public comment can be submitted until Aug. 31 by taking a short online survey on NCDOT’s ​public engagement website, by phone, email, mail or visiting your county’s NCDOT office. The public comment period began July 31.

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Project priorities can be as large-scale as an interstate improvement or as small as a new turn lane or intersection improvement, and can be for any type of transportation, including highways, aviation, bicycle and pedestrian, ferry, public transportation and rail.  

Officials said that the comment period is not for maintenance-related projects, such as patching potholes, resurfacing, or ditches. NCDOT uses a different method to prioritize maintenance projects.​

Local planning organizations across the state also submit projects to be scored. For more information, contact your local Metropolitan Planning Organization or Rural Planning Organization​.

The public can submit comment for projects in Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington counties between Aug. 21 to Aug. 25 at the NCDOT Division 1 Office, 113 Airport Drive, Edenton, or contact Brooks N. Braswell, P.E. at 252-482-1862 or bnbraswell@ncdot.gov.

The public can submit comment for projects in Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico and Pitt counties between Aug. 21-25​ at the NCDOT Division 2 Office, 2815 Rouse Road Extension, Kinston, or contact ​Len White, Jr. at 252-775-6108 or lenwhite@ncdot.gov.

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The public can submit comment for projects in Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender and Sampson counties between Aug. 21-25 at the ​NCDOT Division 3 Office, 5505 Barbados Blvd., Castle Hayne, or contact Adrienne Cox at 910-341-2000, or amcox1@ncdot.gov.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who want to provide input. Anyone requiring special services should contact their division as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.