WCNC | Buttigieg gives update on I-40 repairs, when highway could reopen @WCNC | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says it could take billions of dollars and months or even years to fully repair a stretch of Interstate 40 in western North Carolina that collapsed during Hurricane Helene.
Buttigieg was joined by Gov. Roy Cooper and NCDOT Transport Secretary Joey Hopkins for a tour of I-40 in western North Carolina near the Tennessee state line. A section of eastbound I-40 fell into the Pigeon River during Helene's torrential rain. Meanwhile, crews are working on a temporary solution to stabilize the westbound lanes so traffic can flow to and from Asheville. A separate section of I-40 in east Tennessee also collapsed during the storm, causing officials to close 40 miles of the road from exit 432 in Tennessee to exit 20 in North Carolina.
READ MORE: wcnc.com/article/weather/hurricane/helene/interstate-40-pete-buttigieg-hurricane-helene-reopening-construction/275-66d33a43-1903-4595-b871-90c2903538eb
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says it could take billions of dollars and months or even years to fully repair a stretch of Interstate 40 in western North Carolina that collapsed during Hurricane Helene.
Buttigieg was joined by Gov. Roy Cooper and NCDOT Transport Secretary Joey Hopkins for a tour of I-40 in western North Carolina near the Tennessee state line. A section of eastbound I-40 fell into the Pigeon River during Helene's torrential rain. Meanwhile, crews are working on a temporary solution to stabilize the westbound lanes so traffic can flow to and from Asheville. A separate section of I-40 in east Tennessee also collapsed during the storm, causing officials to close 40 miles of the road from exit 432 in Tennessee to exit 20 in North Carolina.
READ MORE: wcnc.com/article/weather/hurricane/helene/interstate-40-pete-buttigieg-hurricane-helene-reopening-construction/275-66d33a43-1903-4595-b871-90c2903538eb
