Local speakers join national research group in review of North Carolina’s surface transportation infrastructure needs.
WHEN:
1:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 11
WHERE:
Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce board room, second floor
36 Montford Avenue
Asheville, NC
WHAT:
A new report to be released by TRIP examines Asheville and North Carolina road and bridge conditions, travel trends, traffic congestion, highway safety, transportation funding, and the status of needed transportation improvements. Local speakers will join TRIP, a Washington-DC based transportation research organization, on Thursday to highlight the report’s findings and discuss possible solutions.
The report, Keeping North Carolina Mobile: Progress and Challenges in Providing an Efficient, Safe and Well-maintained Transportation System, examines the impact of recent transportation funding legislation and documents the current and future funding shortfall faced by NCDOT.
WHO:
Kit Cramer, President & CEO, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce
CeCe Hipps, President, Haywood County Chamber of Commerce
Rocky Moretti, Director of Research & Policy, TRIP
CONTACT:
Rocky Moretti – TRIP 202.262.0714 (cell)
Carolyn Bonifas Kelly – TRIP 703.801.9212 (cell)