DOT planners are hosting an informational workshop today, Tuesday Oct. 13, on plans to widen Interstate 40 from the Raleigh Beltline (Exit 301) east to N.C. 42 (Exit 312).
The meeting takes place from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Comfort Inn meeting room, 126 Cleveland Crossing Drive, just off the I-40 interchange with N.C. 42 (Exit 312).
DOT now plans to start buying right-of-way for the I-40 widening in 2014. If you can't make today's meeting, contact DOT for more info:
Robert Deaton, DOT Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch
1548 Mail Service Center, Raleigh 27699-1548
Phone: 919-733-7844 ext 323
E-mail: rdeaton@ndcot.gov
Bruce Siceloff reports on traffic and transportation. A News & Observer reporter and editor since 1976, he took over the 
