Group says North Carolina should spend more on transportation
(WTVD ABC-11 TV, Thursday, May 11, 2017)
RALEIGH (WTVD) --
North Carolina needs more transportation funding to keep up with the demands of growth.
That's one of the findings in the "Keeping North Carolina Mobile: Progress and Challenges in Providing an Efficient, Safe and Well-Maintained Transportation System" report released Thursday by TRIP, a national transportation organization based in Washington D.C.
The report, which studied road and bridge conditions, highway safety, travel trends, economic development, and transportation funding, says the state must continue to focus on long-term transportation funding to meet the needs of growth in the state.
"When people think of the Triangle, Raleigh-Durham they don't think of traffic, they think of growth, they think of prosperity, they think of innovation," said Joe Milazzo with the Regional Transportation Alliance. "We'd like to keep it that way."