What’s next for the I-26 Connector and its controversial overpass? • Asheville Watchdog

What’s next for the I-26 Connector and its controversial overpass? • Asheville Watchdog

After decades of planning and debate, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has said it’s close to starting construction on the long-gestating I-26 Connector project. But community members, including architects and planners, are still asking the agency to reconsider some of its designs, particularly a controversial and once-secretive overpass above Patton Avenue. Though they’ve declined to attach a dollar amount to the flyover change s…