‘Playing catch-up’: Business owner worries new Hampstead Bypass won’t fix traffic caused by development, population growth

HAMPSTEAD, N.C. (WECT) – Fred Eike, a business owner in Hampstead, worries that a proposed solution to Hampstead’s traffic problem won’t actually fix the problem.

“They’re trying to play catch-up, but I think population’s exceeding catch-up,” Eike said.

This week, the North Carolina Department of Transportation announced it had awarded a contract to start construction on the final segment of the new Hampstead Bypass…

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