Inside the state's massive $2.2B 'Complete 540' project
(Triangle Business Journal, January 20, 2017)
Joe Milazzo, executive director of the Regional Transportation Alliance, has outlined the Complete 540 project as his group’s “priority one,” a designation previously held by efforts such as the East End Connector and the Wake Transit Referendum.
“Nothing is more important right now,” he says, calling completion of the 540 project – at least through its intersection with I-40 in southeastern Wake County – crucial to easing traffic congestion that’s set to increase as the Triangle grows.
Currently, it’s scheduled to start moving forward in 2020. Milazzo, through an aggressive public awareness campaign, hopes to accelerate that timeline by two years.