I-40 Regional Partnership

The I-40 Regional Partnership is a cooperative initiative of the Regional Transportation Alliance (RTA) business coalition in concert with NCDOT and other partners.

The 2021 annual meeting of the I-40 Regional Partnership was held online on September 10, 2021 — see below for details. The 2022 annual meeting has not yet been scheduled; it is tentatively targeted for fall 2022.

Interstate 40, the “Triangle’s Main Street”, is a critical limited-access roadway that connects Orange, Durham, Wake and Johnston counties with the rest of North Carolina and the nation.

The I-40 Regional Partnership provides an ongoing focus on Interstate 40 in order to maintain and enhance its viability for travel and commerce, and to improve the travel experience on I-40 and core reliever/alternate routes.

Meredith McDiarmid, PE, NCDOT State Transportation Systems Management and Operations Engineer, serves as the I-40 Regional Partnership executive. The Partnership held its first meeting in spring 2009 and has met at least annually since that time.

Friday, September 10, 2021
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Online meeting
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AGENDA

Welcome and overview

• Welcome and introductions – Joe Milazzo II, RTA
• I-40 Partnership overview – Meredith McDiarmid, NCDOT Mobility and Safety

Active construction projects on I-40 and parallel/reliever routes – Brandon Jones, NCDOT Division 5

• I-40 / Aviation Parkway interchange area
• I-40 / Airport Boulevard interchange area
• I-40 widening to Johnston Co.
• I-885 / Connector
• I-440 modernization
• I-40 / Beautify Fortify
• Litter
• 540 / Turnpike southeast extension to I-40 — with Dennis Jernigan, NC Turnpike Authority

Status of ongoing/upcoming projects and studies

• I-40 widening in Orange Co. — Laura Sutton, NCDOT
• US 70 – conversion to freeway from I-885 to I-540 — Brandon Jones, NCDOT
• US 1 – conversion to freeway north of I-54 — Brandon Jones, NCDOT
• US 64 west – addition of interchanges and conversion to superstreet — Brandon Jones, NCDOT
• I-40 managed freeway – on-ramp signal expansion — Derrick Lewis, NCDOT
• I-40 Transit Priority Shoulder — Kory Wilmot, AECOM; Andrew Bell, HNTB
• I-40/RTP modernization — Andrew Bell, HNTB
• Triangle Bikeway study parallel to I-40, NC 54 — Iona Thomas, McAdams
• Bus On Shoulder System (BOSS) I-540 expansion — Rick Major, GoTriangle
• BOSS regional study — Patrick McDonough, HDR
• Freeway And Street-based Transit (FAST) study; policy updates — Joe Furstenberg, NCDOT Integrated Mobility Division

General updates on traffic and funding

• Coronavirus and recovery:  traffic impacts — Dom Ciaramitaro, NCDOT Mobility and Safety
• Overall status of state funding – capital, operations, maintenance — Amna Cameron, NCDOT Strategic Initiatives

Other items / final remarks

Adjourn

Friday, September 10, 2021 — 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Online meeting

Agenda
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Watch the recording here

• Sep 10, 2021 – Online Meeting  (Download full presentation deck, Watch meeting recording)
• Aug. 11, 2020 – Online Meeting  (Download full presentation deck, Watch meeting recording)
• Oct. 17, 2019 – SAS, Cary
• Oct. 18, 2018 – Research Triangle Park Headquarters, RTP
• Oct. 25, 2017 – Research Triangle Park Headquarters, RTP
• Oct. 24, 2016 – Research Triangle Park Headquarters, RTP
• June 18, 2015 – Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ), Raleigh
• June 12, 2014 – Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ), Raleigh
• June 4, 2013 – Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ), Raleigh
• Dec. 20, 2012 – Research Triangle Park Headquarters, RTP
• June 28, 2012 – Research Triangle Park Headquarters, RTP
• Dec 6, 2011 – Fidelity Investments, Cary
• Sep. 13, 2011 – Cisco Systems, Research Triangle Park
• April 26, 2011 – NetApp, Research Triangle Park
• Dec. 7, 2010 – Research Triangle Park Headquarters, RTP
• Sep. 24, 2010 – Fidelity Investments, Durham
• June 15, 2010 – NetApp, Research Triangle Park
• June 16, 2009 – Research Triangle Park Headquarters, RTP