Brunswick County and many of its incorporated municipalities are getting a final look at a comprehensive transportation plan (CTP) that predicts and outlines the anticipated transportation needs of the county for the next three decades.
Those needs include roadways, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, railroads and transit routes. Dependent on funding and actual need, the recommendations may never come to fruition, but serve as a guide for the county’s future. The plan also identifies and sets long- and short-term goals and priorities regarding transportation, as well as defining local and regional expectations for planning.
Representatives from the Cape Fear Rural Transportation Planning Organization and N.C. Department of Transportation began visiting local municipalities earlier this year to share the finalized CTP for their consideration and adoption. The plan is effectively a “wish list,” Sam Boswell, director of the Cape Fear RTPO, told St. James officials last month.
The plan is set to be adopted by several Brunswick municipalities in the coming weeks.