§ 136-180. Urban loops.
§ 136‑180. Urban loops.
(a)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Funds allocatedfrom the Trust Fund for urban loops may be used only for the following urbanloops:
                                                                                                                   Affected
Loop                                            Description                                             Counties
                                                                                                            Â
Asheville Western Loop                Multilanefacility on new                          Buncombe
                                                    locationfrom I‑26 west of
                                                    Ashevilleto US‑19/23 north
                                                    ofAsheville for the purpose
                                                    ofconnecting these roads.
                                                    Thefunds may be used to
                                                    improveexisting corridors.
Charlotte Outer Loop                   Multilanefacility encircling                       Mecklenburg
                                                    Cityof Charlotte including
                                                    6‑laningof the portion from
                                                    JohnstonRoad/US 521 south
                                                    toI‑77 south of Charlotte‑
                                                    includingwidening, resurface,
                                                    andinterchange
Durham Northern Loop                Theprojects listed below                        Durham, Wake
                                                    areeligible for funding
                                                    underthis section as part of
                                                    theDurham Northern Loop.
                                                    Thepriorities for planning
                                                    andconstructing these projects
                                                    willbe established by mutual
                                                    agreementof the Metropolitan
                                                    PlanningOrganization (MPO)
                                                    andthe Department of
                                                    Transportationthrough the
                                                    federallymandated
                                                    TransportationImprovement
                                                    Programdevelopment process.
                                                    Thecross sections for these
                                                    projectswill be established
                                                    bymutual agreement of the
                                                    MPOand the Department of
                                                    Transportationthrough the
                                                    Stateand federal environmental
                                                    reviewprocess. (1) East end
                                                    connector,from N.C. 147 to
                                                    U.S.70 East. (2) U.S. 70, from
                                                    LynnRd. to the Northern
                                                    DurhamParkway. (3) I‑85,
                                                    fromU.S. 70 to Red Mill Rd.
                                                    (4)Northern Durham Parkway,
                                                    SectionB, from Old Oxford
                                                    Rd.to I‑85. (5) Northern
                                                    DurhamParkway, Section A,
                                                    fromI‑85 to I‑540. (6)
                                                    NorthernDurham Parkway,
                                                    SectionC, from Old Oxford
                                                    Rd.to Roxboro Rd. (7)
                                                    RoxboroRd. from Duke St.
                                                    toGoodwin Rd.
Fayetteville Western                      Multilanefacility on new                          Cumberland
Outer Loop                                  locationfrom US 401 north
                                                    ofFayetteville to I‑95
                                                    southof Hope Mills
Gastonia Loop                              Multilanefacility known                          Gaston, Mecklenburg
                                                    asthe Garden Parkway,
                                                    ona new location
                                                    beginningat I‑485,
                                                    extendingwest across
                                                    southernGaston County
                                                    toI‑85, and continuing
                                                    northto US 321
Greensboro Loop                         Multilanefacility on new                          Guilford
                                                    locationencircling City of
                                                    Greensboroincluding
                                                    interchangeswith Cone
                                                    BoulevardExtension and
                                                    Lewiston‑FlemingRoad
                                                    Extension
Greenville Loop                            Multilaneextension of                             Pitt
                                                    theGreenville Loop from
                                                    US264 west of Greenville
                                                    toNC‑11 south of Winterville
Raleigh Outer Loop                      Multilanefacility on new                          Wake, Durham,
                                                    locationencircling City                            Johnston
                                                    ofRaleigh
Wilmington Bypass                       Multilanefacility on new                          New Hanover
                                                    locationfrom US‑17 northeast
                                                    ofWilmington to US 421
                                                    insouthern Wilmington,
                                                    continuingfrom US 421
                                                    insouthern Wilmington
                                                    northeastalong Independence
                                                    Blvd.,and extending to
                                                    MartinLuther King, Jr.
                                                    Parkway,and including
                                                    theBlue Clay Road
                                                    interchange
Winston‑Salem Northbelt              Multilanefacility on new                          Forsyth
                                                    locationfrom I‑40 west of
                                                    Winston‑Salemnortherly to
                                                    US311/Future I‑74 in eastern
                                                    ForsythCounty
(b)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The Board ofTransportation may, by official resolution, accept a new interstate or freewayas the revised termini of an urban loop described in subsection (a) of thissection, and the revised project shall be eligible for funding with fundsdescribed in G.S. 136‑176(b)(2) if the following conditions are met:
(1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The Department ofTransportation has constructed a new interstate or freeway facility since 1989and has changed the official route designation from the termini described insubsection (a) of this section to the new facility.
(2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The Board ofTransportation finds that the purposes of the urban loop facility, specificallyincluding reduced congestion and high‑speed, safe, regional through‑travelservice, would be enhanced by the action.
(1989,c. 692, s. 1.1; 2002‑126, s. 26.10(a); 2003‑284, s. 29.11(a); 2004‑124,s. 30.19; 2004‑148, s. 4.)