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30641
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With the construction of the interstate highway system, the Bureau of Public Roads has issued a statement about the benefits of the program and its development. In addition to providing more jobs for construction and industry support, the interstate highway program also provides increased safety, quicker traveling times, and community development.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 14 Issue 6, November 1956,
p24-25, 27, 96, por
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30648
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For the upcoming highway construction across the United States, steel, cement, bituminous and aggregate materials will be required in the millions of tons. Along with increased productivity, increased man power will also be needed, providing jobs for millions of laborers.
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30649
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North Carolina has done a lot to advance highway facilities in the state, especially secondary roads. Since the 1930s, North Carolina has made a concerted effort to improve the vast mileage of unpaved roads, leading the nation improving not only the heavily trafficked main roads, but also the farm-to-market roads in every community.
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30650
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Considered one of the greatest single engineering improvements in highway planning, limited access roads relieve traffic and highway congestion through North Carolina's communities. The limited access roads provide safety and permanence, preventing uncontrolled roadside development from overpowering the highway routes.
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30666
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As North Carolina begins its part in the construction of the interstate highway system, the state has announced 17 new projects for the first year. These projects will cost over $28 million for the first of the 13 year program, providing funds for paving, grading, and other high engineering standards.
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30667
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The headquarters for North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission is now located in a modern office space in Raleigh. The five-story headquarters has offices for the various departments of the large road agency.
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30668
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As the Chairman of the Highway and Public Works Commission, A.H. Graham has been working to improve and expand North Carolina's highway system for 35 years. Graham make his first push in 1921, fighting for passage of the $50 million road bond issues to connect county seats with all principal cities. Graham has worked for North Carolina road system in many capacities from State Legislator, Lieutenant-Governor, Chairman of the Highway Commission, and Director of the Carolina's Motor Club.
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30669
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Under the proposed Federal Highway Program, states like North Carolina will receive a substantial portion funds for the development of the interstate and defense highway system in the state. North Carolina will receive over $903 million for the 13 year program that does toward the development of 718 miles of highway across the state.
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30670
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Although federal aid will help North Carolina with the highway development, it will not completely solve the problem of modernizing the primary road system. Nearly 3000 miles of roads in the state system need improvement, which will cost over $305 million to complete.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 14 Issue 6, November 1956,
p52, 54, 56, 58, 90, por
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30671
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After graduating from NC State and serving during World War II, W.H. Rogers, Jr. joined the Pitt County engineering force, later moving to Raleigh as assistant to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and then the Highway Chairman, A.H. Graham. Rogers is now the Chief Highway Engineer for the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission, and is in charge of the maintenance and construction of of the 70,000 miles of public roads running from the mountains to sea.
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30672
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An amendment made to the Davis-Bacon Act, a federal road law, is estimated to cost tax payers from two to four billion dollars in labor costs for new roads built. A wage-fixing mechanism is found to not maintain prevailing wages but to boost wages and cost projects more.
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30673
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Construction has been the largest industry in the United States for the past four years, and North Carolina has been enjoying better roads, schools, homes, factories, buildings, and utilities. North Carolina's construction contractors are well-equipped to take on the construction of new roads in the highway system. Most of the work on the new roads in the state will be done by builders who are members of the Carolina Branch of the Associated General Contractors of America, headquartered in Charlotte.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 14 Issue 6, November 1956,
p68, 70, 72, 89, por
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30674
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The trucking industry and North Carolina Motor Carriers Association are watching road and highway development closely. Their interest is prompted not only by the improvement of highway facilities but the cost they pay in taxes. Trucks now pay a higher rate in taxes under the 1956 Federal aid law on gasoline, tires, gross weight, and excise tax.
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30675
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Some of the best road building companies in the country call North Carolina home. Kinston, Charlotte, Monroe, Goldsboro, Cleveland, Durham, and Goldsboro all boast internationally and nationally recognized companies involved in road construction and engineering.
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30676
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The recently opened North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh has added to their $2 million collection of Old Masters with an exhibit entitled "Rembrandt and His Pupils." The exhibit celebrates the 350th birthday of Rembrandt and consists of 20 paintings by the master and 40 by his students.
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