The Governor's Recovery Office for Western North Carolina presented on eight major transportation corridor projects that will ...

will allow the North Carolina Department of Transportation to mine rock on more than 600 acres of the Pisgah National Forest as part of its efforts to rebuild I-40 along the Pigeon River Gorge.

Long-term repairs along the Pigeon River Gorge are expected to cost ... "streamlined" if they are able to obtain a permit to use river rock to replace part of the slopes. During Duffy's visit ...