Community and County Information

It has been reported that the NCDOT budget for repairing secondary roads in Henderson County which in more "normal" years would be $4M to $5M per year has been cut to $1.3M for the next three years. Currently budget overruns on the Cummings Road and Pinnacle Mtn Road projects of $838,000 have been counted against the 2011 allotment which will only leave $502,000.

Specific Secondary Road Projects for the next three years are:

2011 – Construct new access road to county landfill

2010 – Construct left turn lane at county landfill, widen Glover Street
at entrance to Jackson Park and pave Hooper Lane

2013 – Widen and curb Blythe Street from
US 64 to Hwy 191 and improve Rutledge Road near Fletcher