RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina transportation officials are pursuing a new $2.5 million driver alert system for more than 100 miles of Interstate 95 and Interstate 40 construction zones.
As many North Carolina drivers know, traffic on interstates in the Tar Heel state can occasionally come to an inexplicable abrupt halt — just as cars, motorcycles and huge tractor-trailers are hurtling along the highway at 70 mph.
The new system at first will be targeted in the construction areas of I-95 south of Fayetteville for 81 miles and I-40 near the Tennessee state line for 31 miles, according to the NCDOT.
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The idea is that it will address last-minute lane closures and odd stops along the highway — called anomalies. The project — officially called “Automated Actionable Road Anomalies” — also will let drivers know to slow down for items in the road (such as things that might fall from a truck, or come loose from a bridge or be thrown onto a highway )…