I-74 / Eastern Section "NOT A LOOP"

IT IS TIME TO "BEGIN" BUILDING I-74---THAT WAS PLANNED MANY YEARS AGO. 

RIGHT NOW THE STATE IS LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT, ALONG WITH 24 OTHER PROJECTS (Urban Loop Prioritization Process "ULPP").  IN AUGUST THEY WILL ANNOUNCE HOW THIS PROJECT WILL BE RANKED, ALONG WITH LOCAL URBAN LOOPS AROUND THE STATE.  THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THIS HIGHWAY IS NOT A "LOCAL URBAN LOOP".

This highway is a major interstate that was planned long ago so that the traffic, travelling from the I-77 taking the I-74 in Mt. Airy, could be diverted away from Highway 52 coming into downtown Winston-Salem.  This traffic includes large 18-wheelers, travelling from the north.  Last year (per WSPD records), there were 584 wrecks reported with several injuries and 2 fatalities.  How many could have been avoided if all this traffic was not using Hwy 52, but instead the proposed I-74/Eastern leg?  Currently, Hwy 52 has approximately 85,000 vehicles per day (it was designed to carry 60,000 per day).

I-74 is needed NOW for this area and for the State.   For all that live in this area and want to see Economic Growth, New Jobs, New Industry and a Safer Highway 52, please support this needed highway project.