Construction will soon begin on a new section of Airport Boulevard in Morrisville, part of a decades-long effort to connect two disconnected sections of the road through town.
The N.C. Department of Transportation recently awarded a contract to extend Airport Boulevard less than a half mile from Garden Square Lane across Town Hall Drive to Church Street. The four-lane road will have a raised median, a sidewalk on the north side and a 10-foot multi-use path on the south side.
NCDOT says the road should be finished by June 2028…