June 2021: DOT is scheduled to award two construction contracts. One is for building a new road between the Interstate 240/Patton Avenue exit in West Asheville northeast to U.S. 19-23 near Riverside Cemetery with an estimated cost of $448 million. The other is for improvements to Riverside Drive between Hill Street and Broadway at an estimated cost of $7.8 million. Work is estimated to take 5 1/2 years.
2022: A contract is to be awarded to widen I-240 to six lanes in West Asheville. That will include major changes to the Haywood Road, Amboy Road and Brevard Road interchanges. Work is to take 4 1/2 years.
2025: A contract is to be awarded for improvements to the I-26/I-40/I-240 interchange on the western edge of Asheville. This portion of the project will also involve changes to the Smokey Park Highway and Brevard Road interchanges on I-40. Work is to take four years.
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