Transportation officials in North Carolina and Virginia are planning to spend $3.1 million this year on equipment and signs to warn motorists of severe weather on Interstate 77.
According to the Associated Press, because of treacherous weather conditions along the interstate on Fancy Gap Mountain, electronic message boards will be connected to an existing weather station on the mountain to alert drivers traveling between the two states of road conditions and accidents.
Boards will be installed this spring in the northbound and southbound lanes of I-77 in Surry County and in the southbound lane of I-77 in Carroll County, Va. A fourth will be installed in the northbound lane of the Interstate 74 connector that links U.S. 52 to I-77.
Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Laura Bullock told the AP that the department will also install a fog-detection system and has agreed to share some of the costs of installing the boards in North Carolina at the foot of the mountain.
According to the Associated Press, because of treacherous weather conditions along the interstate on Fancy Gap Mountain, electronic message boards will be connected to an existing weather station on the mountain to alert drivers traveling between the two states of road conditions and accidents.
Boards will be installed this spring in the northbound and southbound lanes of I-77 in Surry County and in the southbound lane of I-77 in Carroll County, Va. A fourth will be installed in the northbound lane of the Interstate 74 connector that links U.S. 52 to I-77.
Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Laura Bullock told the AP that the department will also install a fog-detection system and has agreed to share some of the costs of installing the boards in North Carolina at the foot of the mountain.
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