Legislature Adds to Road List

CHARLOTTE — For the first time in 14 years, the General Assembly has added to the number of the projects to be paid for through the Highway Trust Fund. The largest addition was a $350 million, 28-mile portion of the Fayetteville loop, included at the request of Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand, D-Cumberland. The Greenville Southwest Bypass was also designated as an urban loop road. Additional interchanges, bridges, or miles of highway were added to the Raleigh, Greensboro, Wilmington, and Winston-Salem loop projects.