Major WNC highways estimated to cost $2.6 billion to repair after Helene. What to know

Major WNC highways estimated to cost $2.6 billion to repair after Helene. What to know

The Governor's Recovery Office for Western North Carolina presented on eight major transportation corridor projects that will cost nearly $2.6 billion.

Helene-related WNC highway repairs projected to cost $2.6B

By Will Hofmann Interstate 40 estimated at $1 billion to repair The 12-mile section of I-40 along the Pigeon River Gorge in Haywood County that was largely washed away during Helene is expected to be the highest priced infrastructure project in WNC at an estimated $1 billion. The contract for the project was awarded on Oct. 31, and construction on the full recovery project started on Feb. 27, shortly before the road reopened to the public with a…