The Department of Transportation shall develop and maintain a statewide system of roads, highways, and other transportation systems commensurate with the needs of the State as a whole and it shall not sacrifice the general statewide interest to the purely local desires of any particular area. The Board of Transportation shall formulate general policies and plans for a statewide transportation system. The Board shall formulate policies governing the construction, improvement and maintenance of roads, highways, and other transportation systems of the State with due regard to farm-to-market roads and school bus routes.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-44.1
Statewide transportation system; policies
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 253 N.C. App. 390 - Wideni77 v. N.C. Dep't of Transp., & I-77 Mobility Partners LLC (2017)
Most recently applied in 253 N.C. App. 390 - Wideni77 v. N.C. Dep't of Transp., & I-77 Mobility Partners LLC (May 2017)
1973, c. 507, s. 3; 1975, c. 716, s. 7; 2009-266, s. 18.
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