NCDOT Awards $39M Contract to Widen Fayetteville Road in Lumberton
Lumberton will start a widening project on Fayetteville Road in April.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation awarded a $39 million contract to Barnhill Contracting Co. of Rocky Mount, according to WMBF News. They'll upgrade a 1.3-mile stretch of Fayetteville Road in Lumberton, running from East 22nd Street to Farringdon Street.
The five-lane section will grow to six lanes with a concrete median splitting traffic. Lumberton officials signed off on NCDOT's plans for this corridor, which sees about 27,000 cars each day near North Roberts Avenue.
Left-turn lanes heading both ways from Fayetteville Road onto North Roberts Avenue will be gone. Drivers wanting to turn left will take a widened Boomerang Drive instead to reach North Roberts Avenue. NCDOT says ditching those left turns will cut delays for most cars passing through.
A roundabout will be built at East 24th Street and Fayetteville Road to boost safety while smoothing traffic patterns. The stretch between North Roberts Avenue and East 24th Street will be restriped. One lane each way, with a center turn lane splitting them.
Work starts in April and will wrap up in 2030. These changes target congestion on one of Lumberton's most packed roads.
