Wilkes agrees to give state rest of land for visitors center
WILKESBORO (Winston-Salem Journal) - Wilkes County officials agreed yesterday to give the N.C. Department of Transportation the final pieces of land needed for a visitors center and rest area on U.S. 421 that officials say will provide a tourist-information gateway to the mountains.
The center could open next year.
The county had already spent nearly $300,000 to provide 20 acres to the DOT as the county’s share of the project. Yesterday, the county conveyed several additional smaller tracts that the DOT had requested for entrance and exit ramps, and the DOT will reimburse the county for those.
County officials said that the DOT has told them that bids could go out this fall, and construction would take about nine months.
The visitor center will be on the right side of U.S. 421 as drivers are heading from Winston-Salem to Boone.
The center could open next year.
The county had already spent nearly $300,000 to provide 20 acres to the DOT as the county’s share of the project. Yesterday, the county conveyed several additional smaller tracts that the DOT had requested for entrance and exit ramps, and the DOT will reimburse the county for those.
County officials said that the DOT has told them that bids could go out this fall, and construction would take about nine months.
The visitor center will be on the right side of U.S. 421 as drivers are heading from Winston-Salem to Boone.
posted by BP News Bureau | 12:59 PM
1 Comments:
I don't understand why if the NCDOT is in such a money crunch, why do they go and add something like this welcome center that's not needed?
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