RTA Member Briefing: May 9
- May 9, 2025
- Posted by: Jacob Rigg
- Category: Member briefing
Toll funding survey for north US 1 freeway remains open for comments; City of Raleigh supports the acceleration of freeway construction using toll revenue.
The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), in partnership with the NC Turnpike Authority, has an ongoing survey requesting input on the potential use of tolls to accelerate the upgrade of US 1 / north Capital Boulevard into a freeway between I-540 and Franklin County. You can access the survey using this link — the deadline for submitting comments via the survey is this Wednesday, May 14.
RTA has endorsed the accelerated transformation of Capital Blvd. to a multimodal freeway from I-540 to the Wake/Franklin Co. line via dedicated toll revenue, potentially with a reduced toll rate during off-peak periods. This week the Raleigh City Council also endorsed the use of tolls to accelerate the freeway. You can view our recent public comments in support of this acceleration here.
New Breeze Nonstop Destination Flights from RDU
This week, Breeze Airways announced two new nonstop destinations from RDU, Key West, Florida and Manchester, New Hampshire. The Key West and Manchester flights will both begin this fall, which mark the 27th and 28th destinations from RDU for the carrier. More in this week’s blog.
RTA Brunch Registration and Sponsorships now Open
Please mark your calendar for Friday, August 8th from 9 AM – 11:30 AM for the RTA 2025 Transportation Brunch: Moving Towards a FAST Transit Future.
Here is a partial list of our confirmed brunch speakers:
- Sarah Gaskill, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies; RTA 2025 chair
- Mike Landguth, Raleigh/Durham Airport Authority, president and CEO
- Jennifer Portanova, NCDOT, state transportation systems management and operations engineer
- Greg Saur, WSP; FAST 2.0 transit study project manager
- Joe Milazzo II, RTA
All RTA members already have one or more tickets included with their membership – to claim them, please email Jacob Rigg or Raleigh Chamber registration coordinator Alea Morales. In addition, please send a note to Jacob if your company would like to serve as an event sponsor for the brunch.
Let’s get moving,
Joe Milazzo II, PE
RTA executive director
