Group ready for beltway: It will encourage legislators to move ahead with road project

(By Wesley Young, Winston-Salem Journal) - Some supporters of the Northern Beltway will meet Thursday with state highway officials and legislators in hopes of encouraging them to move forward with the project.

They know that a lawsuit and the state's money crunch are just two obstacles, but A.C. Reynolds, one of the organizers, said that people in the path of the road have had their lives and properties on hold.

"We want to try to let the elected officials know that we have been in this thing too long, and we need something done, and we need it without hesitation," Reynolds said.

Reynolds' group, Northern Beltway Now, will meet with the highway officials and legislators at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall at Vienna Baptist Church, 5729 Yadkinville Road.