$61 Million Spent on Long-Delayed Mid-Currituck Bridge

$61 million spent on long-delayed Mid-Currituck Bridge

The Mid-Currituck Bridge has been discussed for decades, but with major funding challenges still unresolved, questions remain about its future.

New audit details $61 million in spending on unbuilt Mid-Currituck Bridge

State Auditor Dave Boliek joined the Currituck County Board of Commissioners on Monday for a specially called meeting to provide an update on the Mid-Currituck Bridge.  According to the NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT), the Mid-Currituck Bridge project would create a second crossing over the Currituck Sound with the goal of alleviating congestion during the peak summer tourism season and improve the flow of evacuation traffic in the event…

'Deserve an answer': N.C. State Auditor pushes for Mid-Currituck Bridge decision

$61 million that's how much taxpayer money North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek says has been spent on the long-delayed Mid-Currituck Bridge Project. Boliek was in Currituck County on Monday presenting his report to leaders, with his message being that it's time to decide on the bridge's future."Not a single piece of dirt has been turned on that project after nearly 30 years of this process," said Boliek while he was addressing Currituck Cou…

30 years and $61M later: Mid-Currituck Bridge cost soars to $1.2B with ‘no dirt moved’

RALEIGH — A long-delayed plan to connect the North Carolina mainland to the Outer Banks has racked up $61 million in expenditures over three decades without a single piece of infrastructure to show for it, according to a scathing state…