HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (WLOS) — Residents and longtime business owners in Hot Springs, North Carolina are feeling the impact of tens of thousands of drivers coming through the town while I-40 is repaired after a rockslide at the Tennessee line.
Aaron Gosnell is the longtime owner of Tobacco Road, a specialty store in Hot Springs. His store is located where 18-wheelers have to navigate into town and often turn wide into his business’s parking lot.
While the truckers may turn, Gosnell said the volume of traffic is keeping his regulars away…