Governor McCrory Announces Future Interstate Designation
(NC office of the Governor – Dec. 12, 2013)
Governor Pat McCrory and Transportation Secretary Tony Tata announced Thursday that U.S. 64 between I-440 and I-95 near Rocky Mount has been added to the interstate highway system. The section between I-440 and I-540 on the east side of Raleigh will have the I-495 designation, while the stretch of U.S. 64 between I-540 and I-95 will be designated Future I-495.
“This designation is critical to further economic development in the region,” Governor McCrory told Regional Transportation Alliance (RTA) members. “We can now tell businesses who want to locate to the area that they will have a future interstate connection to the vital I-95 corridor.”
Governor McCrory and Secretary Tata made the announcement at the RTA’s 12th Annual Meeting in Cary. The RTA presented an award to Governor McCrory, Secretary Tata, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and Speaker of the House Thom Tillis for their bipartisan work on transportation, particularly the passage of the Strategic Transportation Investments Act into law. Representative William Brawley of Mecklenburg accepted the award on behalf of Speaker Tillis.
The I-495 designation has received support from the RTA and has been endorsed by several municipalities along the route