I-87+

Interstate 87 (I-87) is a proposed interstate corridor that will extend from the I-40 / I-440 interchange in Raleigh, North Carolina to the I-64 / I-464 / VA 168 interchange in Chesapeake, Virginia.

The goal of I-87 is to improve regional connectivity between the Hampton Roads and Research Triangle metropolitan areas.

The I-87 Planning and Land Use Study (I-87 PLUS) focuses on the approximately 80-mile-long segment extending along US 17 from the of US 13/US 17/US 64 intersection in Williamston to the North Carolina-Virginia border at Chesapeake. Most of the study corridor has no control of access, with properties having direct access to US 17 and at-grade intersections. When the upgrades are complete, direct property access will be removed, at-grade intersections will be eliminated, and access will be restricted to interchanges.

The purpose of the I-87 PLUS is:

• Existing Land Use Policy Review - Review existing zoning land use policies, ordinances, and regulations employed by towns and counties along the corridor for their degree of flexibility or restriction on current or future development to identify the degree to which they may allow development in a manner inconsistent with the future vision for the I-87 Corridor.
• Crash Data Review - Identify crash data trends for each county along the future interstate corridor and geo-references high crash locations.
• Parcel Development Potential – Rate all of the parcels along the corridor
• Access Review - Inventory and georeferenced the existing parcel access and at-grade intersections along the corridor to assist decision makers in determining how to manage access to improve operations along the corridor until interstate upgrades are complete.

The following set of visualizations illustrate key components of the I-87 PLUS.

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Redevelopment potential is the "parcel risk rating" or the degree of flexibility for a parcel of land to experience either:

• increase to a higher density
• conversion to a different land use
• similar change that results in a substantially higher land value

The project limits are along US 13/US 17 from US 64 in Williamston (Martin County) to the Virginia State Line (Camden County). The query for this crash dataset was executed on April 2022 and contains reported crashes along the routes comprising the proposed I-87 corridor from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2021 (Five Year Study).

NCDOT owns and maintains this entire corridor (US 17), and is considering an upgrade of US 17 to an interstate from Williamston to the Virginia State Line. The process of upgrading this rural highway to interstate standards would mean converting some intersections to interchanges (exit ramps, and bridges), and removing many other intersections.

Long before any construction would begin, the NCDOT must evaluate how it can maintain access to properties that currently have direct access to the roadway. Some properties may require a new driveway to an adjacent road, while others may require a newly constructed service road. These options will be evaluated as part of a (future) Service Road Study, which reviews the benefit-cost analysis between constructing a new access or purchasing the impacted property from the owner, at fair market value.

Example of a recent Service Road Study for the Complete 540 Triangle Expressway: C540_Service_Road_0517.pdf (ncdot.gov)

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