A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to prohibit the Department of transportation from constructing traffic medians in certain described areas.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Transportation shall not expend any funds to, regardless of the fund sources, and shall not erect, construct, build, or otherwise place a median, barrier, or other construct on that portion of U.S. Highway 70 between a point located 1,050 feet West of the intersection of U.S. Highway 258 South and the intersection of NC Highway 58 South that in any way limits, reduces, blocks, or by any other means reduces the current level of ingress and egress to businesses located on that portion of U.S. Highway 70 which are currently accessible from U.S. Highway 70.
SECTION 2.(a)  Until authorized by an act of the General Assembly, the Department of Transportation shall not expend any funds to, regardless of the fund sources, and shall not erect, construct, build, or otherwise place a median, barrier, or other construct on any of the following locations that in any way limits, reduces, blocks, or by any other means reduces the current level of ingress and egress to businesses:
(1)	On that portion of U.S. Highway 64 between Third Street in Asheboro and the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and Salisbury Street.
(2)	On that portion of Winstead Avenue between Sunset Avenue and Hunter Hill Road in Rocky Mount.
(3)	On that portion of Brevard Road between Pond Road and I‑40 in Asheville.
SECTION 2.(b)  For the area listed in subdivision (a)(3) of this section, the Department of Transportation shall cease construction on the median to replace an existing turn lane and rehabilitate the turn lane area so that it may once again function as a turn lane.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.